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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27340	The belief of praying for the dead	Belhaven, John Hamilton, Baron, 1656-1708.	1688 (1688)	Wing B1787; ESTC R16794	35,862	72

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