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A59559 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in Bow-Church, on the feast of St. Michael, 1680 at the election of the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing / by John Sharpe ... Sharp, John, 1645-1714. 1680 (1680) Wing S2987; ESTC R17019 16,263 40

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