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A83255 An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament: for the repairing of churches and paying of all church-duties whatsoever within the kingdome of England and dominion of Wales; Laws, etc. England and Wales. 1647 (1647) Wing E2032B; ESTC R204570 5,775 13

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