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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06714	The Athenian Society unvaild: or, Their ignorance and envious abusing of the Quakers detected and reprehended	Wyeth, Joseph, 1663-1731.; Whitehead, John, 1630-1696.	1692 (1692)	Wing W3760; ESTC R186898	9,433	4

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