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A61823 A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen and livery-men of the city of London, in the parish-church of St. Lawrence-Jewry, on the feast of St. Michael 1693 at the election of the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing / by William Strengfellow ... Strengfellow, William. 1693 (1693) Wing S5961; ESTC R33814 14,200 30

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