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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67829	A sermon preached at Lambeth January the 25th at the consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells / by Edward Young ...	Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705.	1685 (1685)	Wing Y68; ESTC R34114	12,744	33

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