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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61265	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hal, Septem. the 26th, 1675 by John Standish ...	Standish, John, d. 1686.	1676 (1676)	Wing S5215; ESTC R13595	12,157	34

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