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A27244 Two sermons preach'd at St. Maries in Bury St. Edmunds, at the assizes the first upon the seventh of April 1698, before the Honourable Sir Thomas Rokeby, Kt. ... : the second upon the 16th of August 1698, before the Right, Honourable Sir Edward Ward, Kt. ... / by William Bedford ... Bedford, William, b. 1652 or 3. 1698 (1698) Wing B1671; ESTC R5177 24,433 58

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