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A55538 The religious rebel a sermon preach'd at South-Marston near Hyworth in Wiltshire, on the ninth of September, being the day of publick thanksgiving for the deliverance of His Majesty's sacred person, his royal brother, and the government from the late hellish fanatick conspiracy / by Charles Powell. Powell, Charles, b. 1644 or 5-1685 or 6. 1683 (1683) Wing P3046; ESTC R3301 12,130 32

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