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A64130
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A sermon preached at the funerall of that worthy knight Sr. George Dalston of Dalston in Cumberland, September 28. 1657. By J.T. D.D.
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Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
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Wing T392A; ESTC R219166
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