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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13272	Sermons vpon solemne occasions preached in severall auditories. By Humphrey Sydenham, rector of Pokington in Somerset.	Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?	1637 (1637)	STC 23573; ESTC S118116	163,580	323

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