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A64552 Milke for children, or, A plain and easie method teaching to read and write together with briefe instructions for all sorts of people ... : as also an appendix of prayer / by Lambrocke Thomas. Thomas, Lambrocke. 1654 (1654) Wing T967A; ESTC R27538 78,939 178

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