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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49896	An historical vindication of The naked Gospel recommended to the University of Oxford.	Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736.	1690 (1690)	Wing L816; ESTC R21019	43,004	72

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