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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79472	The beacon flameing with a non obstante: or A justification of the firing of the beacon, by way of animadversion upon the book entituled the beacon's quenched, subscribed by Col. Pride, &c.	Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.	1652 (1652)	Wing C3809; Thomason E683_30; ESTC R206835	18,732	28

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