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A37604 De fastis Anglicis, sive Calendarium Sacrum The holy calendar : being a treble series of epigrams upon all the feasts observed by the Church of England : to which is added the like number of epigrams upon some other more especiall daies, which have either their footsteps in Scripture, or are more remarkeable in this kingdome / composed by Nathanael Eaton ... Eaton, Nathaniel, 1609?-1674. 1661 (1661) Wing E116; ESTC R23217 28,909 82

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