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A66722 A true account of the author of a book entituled Eikōn basilikē, or, The pourtraiture of His Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings: proved to be written by Dr. Gauden, late Bishop of Worcester. With an answer to all objections made by Dr. Hollingsworth and others. / published for publick satisfaction by Anthony Walker, D.D> late rector of Fyfield in Essex. ; With an attestation under the hand of the late Earl of Anglesey to the same purpose. Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.; Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 1614-1686. 1692 (1692) Wing W310; ESTC R221937 33,851 40

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