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A43062 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir James Edwards, Lord Mayor, in St. Lawrence Church on the feast of St. Michael, 1679, at the election of Sir Robert Clayton to be Lord Mayor for the ensuing year by Greg. Hascard ... Hascard, Gregory. 1680 (1680) Wing H1114; ESTC R12242 12,709 35

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