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book_n old_a part_n testament_n 2,968 5 7.9440 4 true
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A75256 An account of the design of printing about 3000 Bibles in Irish, with the psalms of David in metre, for the use of the highlanders. 1690 (1690) Wing A274A; ESTC R225178 1,535 2

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