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A64738 The nunns complaint against the fryers being the charge given into the court of France, by the nunns of St. Katherine near Provins, against the Fathers Cordeliers their confessours / several times printed in French, and now faithfully done into English.; Factum pour les religieuses de Sainte-Catherine-les-Provins. English Varet, Alexandre-Louis, 1632-1676. 1676 (1676) Wing V110; ESTC R34691 69,713 232

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