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A05462 Erubhin or Miscellanies Christian and Iudaicall, and others Penned for recreation at vacant houres. By Iohn Lightfoote, Master in Arts, sometimes of Christs Colledge in Cambridge. Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675. 1629 (1629) STC 15593; ESTC S108555 67,393 223

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