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A16556 An exposition of the festiuall epistles and gospels vsed in our English liturgie together with a reason why the church did chuse the same / by Iohn Boys ... ; the first part from the feast of S. Andreuu the Apostle, to the purification of Blessed Mary the Virgin. Boys, John, 1571-1625. 1615 (1615) STC 3462.3; ESTC S227 247,989 326

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