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A30703 A warning-piece for the unruly in two sermons at the metropolitical visitation of the most reverend father in God, Richard Lord Archbishop of York, held at Preston in Amondernes in Lancashire, and there preached, the former on that day, the latter the day following / by Seth Bushell. Bushell, Seth, 1621-1684. 1673 (1673) Wing B6238; ESTC R24244 23,200 54

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