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A87671
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Orders given out; the word, stand fast. As it was lately delivered in a farewell sermon / by Major Samuel Kem, to the officers and souldiers of his regiment in Bristoll. Novemb. 8. 1646.
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Kem, Samuel, 1604-1670.
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1646
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Wing K254; Thomason E366_3; ESTC R29849
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