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B12489
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A persvvasion to the English recusants, to reconcile themselues to the Church of England Written for the better satisfaction of those which be ignorant. By Iohn Doue Doctor of Diuinitie.
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Dove, John, 1560 or 61-1618.
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STC 7085; ESTC S110110
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