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A73761 The epistle congratulatorie of Lysimachus Nicanor of the Societie of Jesu, to the Covenanters in Scotland. VVherin is paralleled our sweet harmony and correspondency in divers materiall points of doctrine and practice. Nicanor, Lysimachus, 1603-1641. 1640 (1640) STC 5752; Thomason E203_7; ESTC R17894 65,738 81

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