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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67016	A sermon preached on the 18th of April, 1692 at the funeral of the reverend Dr. Anthony Walker, late rector of Fyfield in the county of Essex, deceased by Josiah Woodward ...	Woodward, Josiah, 1660-1712.	1692 (1692)	Wing W3519; ESTC R22706	13,496	28

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