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A42043 David's returne from his banishment set forth in a thanks-giving sermon for the returne of His Sacred Majesty Charles the II, and preached at St. Maries in Oxon, May 27, 1660 / by Francis Gregory ... Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707. 1660 (1660) Wing G1888; ESTC R13480 29,954 42

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