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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26149	An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation lately printed at Oxford.	Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.	1687 (1687)	Wing A4146; ESTC R4960	53,756	88

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