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A54460 A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen in Their Majesties chappel at Windsor, on Trinity-Sunday, May 30. 1686 by the Reverend Father John Persall ... Persall, John, 1633-1702. 1686 (1686) Wing P1651; ESTC R11064 11,103 35

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