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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15077	A sermon preached in Christ-Church in Oxford, the 12. day of May 1622. By Christopher White, Batchelour of Diuinity, and student of Christ-Church	White, Christopher, d. 1637.	1622 (1622)	STC 25378; ESTC S119901	10,398	30

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