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A87498 The best fee-simple, set forth in a sermon at St Peters in Cornhil, before the gentlemen and citizens born in the county of Nottingham, the 18. day of February, 1657. Being the day of their publique feast. By Marmaduke James, minister of Watton at Stone, in the county of Hertford. James, Marmaduke. 1658 (1658) Wing J432; Thomason E955_2*; ESTC R207614 34,420 74

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