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A61604 A sermon preached before the King, January 30, 1668/9, being the day of the execrable murther of King Charles I by Edward Stillingfleet ... Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. 1669 (1669) Wing S5642; ESTC R8100 19,336 46

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