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A77909 Dr. Burnet's sermon before His Highness the Prince of Orange, at the Cathedral of Exon, on reading his declaration Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1689 (1689) Wing B5870C; ESTC R42711 13,893 17

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