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B02744 Rebellion arraign'd a sermon preach'd before their Majesties in their chappel at Whitehall, upon the 30th of January 1687. The anniversary and humiliation-day, in abhorrency of the sacrilegious murder of our gracious sovereign Charles I. / By the reverend father John Dormor, of the Society of Jesus. J. D. (John Dormer), 1636-1700. 1688 (1688) Wing D1926A; ESTC R174707 10,612 31

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