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A30634 Organum vetus & novum, or, A discourse of reason and truth wherein the natural logick common to mankinde is briefly and plainly described / by Richard Burthogge ... in a letter to the most Honourable Andrew Trevill, Esq. ... Burthogge, Richard, 1638?-ca. 1700. 1678 (1678) Wing B6154; ESTC R1776 23,933 80

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