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A42483 Hiera dakrya, Ecclesiae anglicanae suspiria, The tears, sighs, complaints, and prayers of the Church of England setting forth her former constitution, compared with her present condition : also the visible causes and probable cures of her distempers : in IV books / by John Gauden ... Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1659 (1659) Wing G359; ESTC R7566 766,590 810

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