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A02339 Two guides to a good life The genealogy of vertue and the nathomy of sinne. Liuely displaying the worth of one, and the vanity of the other.; Anathomie of sinne. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656, attributed name.; Humfrey, Richard, attributed name. 1604 (1604) STC 12466; ESTC S118647 67,276 265

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