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A87570 A ministers mite cast into the stocke of a weake memory: helpt by rules and experiments. VVith a winter night schoole tutoring discourse to generous youth. Jerome, Stephen, fl. 1604-1650. 1650 (1650) Wing J681CA; Thomason E1361_1; ESTC R209182 21,533 64

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