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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41323	A sermon preached in the Cathedrall Church of St. Patrick's Dublin, on the 5th of November, 1690 before the Right Honourable the Lords Justices of Ireland / by John Finglas ...	Finglas, John, Prebend of St. Audoens, Dublin.	1690 (1690)	Wing F950; ESTC R5603	16,312	28

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