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A61579 Origines Britannicæ, or, The antiquities of the British churches with a preface concerning some pretended antiquities relating to Britain : in vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph / by Ed. Stillingfleet ... Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. 1685 (1685) Wing S5615; ESTC R20016 367,487 459

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