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A80485 A sermon preached at the assizes in Salisbury upon Saturday, July 23. 1653 By Henry Carpenter, vicar of Steeple-Ashton in Wiltshire. Carpenter, Henry, 1605 or 6-1662. 1653 (1653) Wing C614A; ESTC R222501 33,242 47

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