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A44934 Two sermons preach'd on the ninth of September 1683 (being the Thanksgiving Day) at St. Thomas Hospital, in Southwark by William Hughes ... ; together with a candid plea to a cruel charge, by the same author. Hughes, William, b. 1624 or 5. 1684 (1684) Wing H3348; ESTC R16292 22,415 42

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