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A60957 A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr. John Culem, vicar of Knowstone and Molland, in Devon December 2. 1691 / by Lewis Southcomb. Southcomb, Lewis. 1692 (1692) Wing S4752; ESTC R33847 20,626 36

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