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A19286 The Churches deliuerance contayning meditations and short notes vppon the booke of Hester. In remembrance of the wonderfull deliuerance from the Gunpoulder-treason. By Thomas Cooper. Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626. 1609 (1609) STC 5696; ESTC S108661 185,807 240

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