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A40371 A sermon preached in Christ's-Church, Dublin, on the 23d. of October, 1698 being the anniversary thanksgiving for putting an end to the Irish Rebellion, which broke out on that day, 1641, before the House of Lords / by Nathanael Lord Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. Foy, Nathaniel, d. 1707. 1698 (1698) Wing F2046; ESTC R33792 19,692 32

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