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A43854 A faithfull remonstrance of the holy life and happy death of Iohn Bruen of Bruen-Stapleford, in the county of Chester, Esquire ... by the late reverend divine William Hinde ... Hinde, William, 1569?-1629. 1641 (1641) Wing H2063; ESTC R14489 155,350 254

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