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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53979	A sermon preached before the King & Queen at Whitehall, Decemb. 8th, 1689 by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1690 (1690)	Wing P1100; ESTC R18267	10,271	37

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