a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o saint_n marie_n hospital_n april_n 10._o 1615._o by_o thomas_n anyan_n doctor_n of_o divinity_n and_o precedent_n of_o corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la college_n in_o oxon._n at_o oxford_n print_v by_o joseph_n barnes_n printer_n to_o the_o university_n honoratissimo_fw-la et_fw-la illustrissimo_fw-la viro_fw-la thomae_fw-la egertono_n militi_fw-la aurato_fw-la baroni_n de_fw-fr ellesmere_n totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la academiae_fw-la oxoniensis_fw-la cancellario_fw-la summo_fw-la et_fw-la integerrimo_fw-la musarum_fw-la gratiarumqve_fw-la patrono_fw-la singulari_fw-la sacratae_fw-la regiae_n maiestati_fw-la a_o secretis_fw-la consiliis_fw-la inter_fw-la primos_n spectatissimo_fw-la dominoqve_fw-la svo_fw-la omni_fw-la observantia_fw-la colendissimo_fw-la levidense_fw-la hoc_fw-la devotissimi_fw-la obseqvii_n testimonium_n d._n d._n d._n capellanus_fw-la honori_fw-la tuo_fw-la devinctissimus_fw-la t._n a._n act._n 10._o 34._o 35._o 34_o then_o peter_n open_v 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