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A61463 A thanksgiving sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, sheriffs, and companies of the city of London at St. Mary-le-bow, April 16, 1696, upon occassion of His Majesty's deliverence from a villanous assassination in order to a French invasion by William Stephens ... Stephens, William, d. 1718. 1696 (1696) Wing S5465; ESTC R14197 18,938 34

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