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A56021 A proposal of union amongst Protestants, from the last-will of the most Reverend Doctor Sands sometime Archbishop of York (as the sentiment of the first reformers) humbly presented to the Parliament. Sandys, Edwin, 1516?-1588. 1679 (1679) Wing P3709A; ESTC R182167 5,069 4

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