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A06955 A new yeares gyfte more precious than golde worthy to be embrased no lesse ioyfully than tha[n]kfully of euery true christe[n] man, newly published by Theodore Basille. Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1543 (1543) STC 1738; ESTC S109206 72,867 228

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