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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34183	Episcopalia, or, Letters of the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry, Lord Bishop of London, to the clergy of his diocess	Compton, Henry, 1632-1713.	1686 (1686)	Wing C5666; ESTC R4911	21,581	113

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