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A25468 The first dish at the Wil-shire feast, Novemb. 9, 1654, or, A sermon preached at Laurence Jury to those that there offered their peace-offerings, and went thence to dine at Merchant-Taylors-Hall by Samuel Annesley ... Annesley, Samuel, 1620?-1696. 1655 (1655) Wing A3229; ESTC R10429 15,607 23

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