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A29208 A sermon preached at Dublin upon the 23 of Aprill, 1661 being the day appointed for His Majesties coronation : with two speeches made in the House of Peers the 11th of May, 1661, when the House of Commons presented their speaker / by John Lord Archbishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland. Bramhall, John, 1594-1663. 1661 (1661) Wing B4235; ESTC R25292 22,740 52

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