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A05205 Foure sermons preached and publikely taught by Richard Leake, preacher of the word of God at Killington, within the baronrie of Kendall, and countie of Westmerland: immediately after the great visitation of the pestilence in the fore-sayd countie. Leake, Richard. 1599 (1599) STC 15342; ESTC S106749 68,646 146

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