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A29266 The excellency of primitive government in a sermon preach'd at Guild-Hall Chappel at the election of this present Lord Mayor / by Henry Bagshaw ... Bagshaw, Henry, 1632-1709. 1673 (1673) Wing B430; ESTC R16670 12,134 40

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