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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01971	An exposition of the Song of Solomon: called Canticles Together with profitable obseruations, collected out of the same. Perused and published by William Gouge, preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.	Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1615 (1615)	STC 12113; ESTC S103279	60,898	144

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