Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n
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A43687
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The last speech, of that pious and [lear]ned divine Mr. John Hicks who was executed at Glassenbury, Octob. 1685.
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Hickes, John, 1633-1685.
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1685
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Wing H1880; ESTC R216814
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