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A45539 The saints gain by death, and their assurance thereof a sermon preached at the funerall of that worthy patriot Richard More, esquire, late one of the burgesses in this present Convention of Parliament for the town of Bishops-Castle in the countie of Salop / by Humphrey Hardwick ... Hardwick, Humphrey, b. 1601 or 2. 1644 (1644) Wing H705; ESTC R279 16,113 31

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