Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A20744
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Tvvo sermons the one commending the ministerie in generall: the other defending the office of bishops in particular: both preached, and since enlarged by George Dovvname Doctor of Diuinitie.
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Downame, George, d. 1634.
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1608
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STC 7125; ESTC S121022
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