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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64857	The life of the learned and reverend Dr. Peter Heylyn chaplain to Charles I, and Charles II, monarchs of Great Britain / written by George Vernon.	Vernon, George, 1637-1720.	1682 (1682)	Wing V248; ESTC R24653	102,135	320

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