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A14374
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A plea for peace: or A sermon preached in St. Pauls Church in London. Iuly 9. 1637. By Henry Vertue, parson of the parish church of Alhollowes Honey-Lane in London
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Vertue, Henry, d. 1660.
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STC 24691; ESTC S114883
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