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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38767	The case of kneeling at the Holy Sacrament stated & resolved. Part I ...	Evans, John, 17th cent.	1683 (1683)	Wing E3446; ESTC R226085	40,728	63

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