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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71214	A vindication of the two letters concerning alterations in the liturgy in answer to Vox cleri / by a London presbyter.	Basset, William, 1644-1695.	1690 (1690)	Wing V533; ESTC R595	18,900	36

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