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A30660 The bow, or, The lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan, applyed to the royal and blessed martyr, K. Charles the I in a sermon preached the 30th of January, at the Cathedral Church of S. Peter in Exon / by Arth. Bury ... Bury, Arthur, 1624-1713. 1662 (1662) Wing B6189; ESTC R14782 26,212 54

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