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A68520 The original [and] sprynge of all sectes [and] orders by whome, wha or were they beganne. Translated out of hye Dutch in Englysh. Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, attributed name. 1537 (1537) STC 18849; ESTC S107067 46,945 128

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