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A35166 The cynosura, or, A saving star that leads to eternity discovered amidst the celestial orbs of David's Psalms, by way of paraphrase upon the Miserere. Cross, Nicholas, 1616-1698. 1670 (1670) Wing C7252; ESTC R21599 203,002 466

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