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A66945 A plot to disseize God of his right defeated, and the contrivers punished discovered in a sermon preached in the Cathedral of S. Paul, on the 15th of September, 1661, before the Right Honorable Sir Richard Browne, Knight and Baronet, Lord Mayor of the city of London / by Tho. Wood ... Wood, Thomas, 17th cent. 1661 (1661) Wing W3411; ESTC R9249 18,398 28

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