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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32074	A discourse concerning the rise and antiquity of cathedral worship in a letter to a friend.	Calamy, Benjamin, 1642-1686.	1699 (1699)	Wing C269; ESTC R22097	30,908	35

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