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A50354 Epaphras, A sermon preached at Saint Austell in Cornwal, in commemoration of a benefactor, the second of February, 1639 by Ioseph May ... May, Joseph, b. 1584 or 5. 1641 (1641) Wing M1390; ESTC R15046 14,778 36

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