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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23771	A sermon preached before the King at White Hall on Sunday Nov. 17, 1667 by Richard Allestree ...	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1667 (1667)	Wing A1167; ESTC R15229	19,264	41

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