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B10268 The reformation of the Church of Ireland, in the life and death of George Browne some time Arch-bishop of Dublin, being the first of the Romish clergy that adhered here in Ireland, to the reformation of the Protestant Church of England; being then reformed within this realm of Ireland. Anno 1551. Ware, Robert, d. 1696.; Browne, George, d. 1556. 1681 (1681) Wing W851A; ESTC R230801 18,741 24

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