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A05416
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The bruising of the serpents head A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse September 9. 1621. By Roger Ley Maister of Arts, and minister of Gods word in Shoreditch.
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Ley, Roger, b. 1593 or 4.
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1622
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STC 15568; ESTC S103082
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