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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94768	A sermon against murder: by occasion of the Romanists putting the Protestants to death in the dukedome of Savoy. / By William Towers, B.D.	Towers, William, 1617?-1666.	1655 (1655)	Wing T1962; Thomason E835_13; ESTC R207410	13,588	23

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