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A18351 A sermon preached at Snarford in Lincolnshire at the funerals of Sir George Sanct-Paule, knight and baronet, December the 9. 1613 by Iohn Chadvvich ... ; together with a briefe and true relation of his vertuous life and holy death. Chadwich, John. 1614 (1614) STC 4930; ESTC S1548 20,059 34

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