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A64144 Via intelligentiæ a sermom [sic] preached to the University of Dublin : shewing by what means the scholars shall become most learned and most usefull : published at their desire / by ... Jeremy, Lord Bishop of Downe, &c. ... Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. 1662 (1662) Wing T416; ESTC R23462 32,047 72

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