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A00800 A godly sermon preached at Paules Crosse the 31. day of October 1591. By VVilliam Fisher, Master and keeper of the hospitall of Ilford in Essex. ... Seene and allowed Fisher, William, student of diuinitie. 1592 (1592) STC 10919; ESTC S117556 27,863 65

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