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A03828 A treatise of the felicitie, of the life to come Vnsavorie to the obstinate, alluring to such as are gone astray, and to the faithful, full of consolation. By A.H. Hume, Alexander, 1560?-1609. 1594 (1594) STC 13944; ESTC S118805 26,148 64

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