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A61246 A sermon preach'd in the cathedral church of St. Peter in York, on the 6th of February 1685/6 being the day on which His Majesty began his happy reign / by William Stainforth. Stainforth, William, d. 1713. 1686 (1686) Wing S5171; ESTC R28875 16,207 33

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