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A16959 A comment vpon Coheleth or Ecclesiastes framed for the instruction of Princf [sic] Henri our hope. By Hugh Broughton. Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612. 1605 (1605) STC 3849.5; ESTC S106732 33,234 88

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