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A43698 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable George Earl of Berkeley, Governour, and the Company of Merchants of England trading into the Levant Seas at St. Peters Church in Broadstreet, January, 25, 1680 / by Charles Hickman ... Hickman, Charles, 1648-1713.; Berkeley, George Berkeley, Earl of, 1628-1698. 1681 (1681) Wing H1896; ESTC R11269 15,523 36

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