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A85894 Stella nova, a nevv starre, leading wisemen unto Christ. Or, A sermon preached before the learned Society of Astrologers, August 1. 1649. in the Church of S. Mary Alder-Mary, London. By Robert Gell D.D. minister of the Word there. Gell, Robert, 1595-1665. 1649 (1649) Wing G473; Thomason E568_15; ESTC R204208 25,557 39

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