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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70449	A debate concerning the English liturgy, both as established in & as abolished out of the worship of God drawn out in two English & two Latine epistles / written betwixt Edward Hyde ... and John Ley ...	Ley, John, 1583-1662.; Ley, John, 1583-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing L1873; ESTC R20804	55,868	88

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