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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17865	A tract of the soueraigne iudge of controuersies in matters of religion. By Iohn Cameron minister of the Word of God, and divinity professour in the Academie of Montauban. Translated into English by Iohn Verneuil. M.A.	Cameron, John, 1579?-1625.; Verneuil, John, 1582 or 3-1647.	1628 (1628)	STC 4532; ESTC S107505	32,785	50

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