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A46355 The strange and wonderfull visions and predictions of William Juniper of Gosfield in Essex relating to the troubles of England, as they were by him delivered to Dr. John Gauden then at Bocking, and now Lord Bishop of Exon. Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1662 (1662) Wing J1191; ESTC R10908 8,698 20

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