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A35042 A defense against the dread of death, or, Zach. Crofton's meditations and soliloquies concerning the stroak of death sounded in his ears in the time of his close imprisonment in the Tower of London, anno 1661 and 1662 : digested for his own private staisfaction and support in the vale of the shadow of death, and now made publique for the advantage of such as abide under Gods present visitation in London by the pestilence. Crofton, Zachary, 1625 or 6-1672. 1665 (1665) Wing C6992; ESTC R24795 57,690 178

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