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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42268	A sermon preached before the King & Queen at Whitehall, June the Ist. 1690 by Robert Grove ...	Grove, Robert, 1634-1696.	1690 (1690)	Wing G2159; ESTC R2928	9,218	30

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