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A43460 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London at the Church of St. Mary le Bow, on September the 9th being the day of thanksgiving for the discovery of the late treasonable conspiracy against His Majesties person and government / by H. Hesketh ... Hesketh, Henry, 1637?-1710. 1684 (1684) Wing H1619; ESTC R12083 19,863 38

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