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A12788 A learned and gracious sermon preached at Paules Crosse by that famous and iudicious diuine, Iohn Spenser ... ; published for the benefite of Christs vineyard, by H.M. Spenser, John, 1559-1614.; Marshall, Hamlett. 1615 (1615) STC 23096; ESTC S521 35,428 60

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