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B12232 Meditations of the whole historie of the Passion of Christ. Written by the Reuerend Father, F. Franciscus Costerus, Doctor of Diuinity, of the Society of Iesus. Translated out of Latine into English by R.W. Esquire; De universa historia Dominicae Passionis meditationes quinquaginta. English Coster, Franciscus, 1532-1619.; Worthington, Lawrence. 1616 (1616) STC 5827; ESTC S114528 155,460 681

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