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A02754 Orders set downe by the most Reuerend Father in God, Samuel, by the prouidence of God Archbishop of Yorke his Grace, Metropolitane of England to bee presently published and affixed in all the parish churches within his said Graces iurisdiction, for the better reforming of certaine abuses within the same. Church of England. Province of York. Archbishop (1628-1631 : Harsnett); Harsnett, Samuel, 1561-1631. 1629 (1629) STC 12884; ESTC S100995 1,572 1

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