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A37275 A sermon preach'd at the parish-church of St. Chad's in Shrewsbury, March 5, 1694/5 being the funeral day of our most gracious sovereign Queen Mary / by Thomas Dawes. Dawes, Thomas, 1652?-1715. 1695 (1695) Wing D451; ESTC R24877 12,749 32

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