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A20262 A briefe & necessary instruction verye needefull to bee knowen of all housholders, whereby they maye the better teach and instruct their families in such points of Christian religion as is most meete. Not onely of them throughly to be vnderstood, but also requisite to be learned by hart of all suche as shall bee admitted vnto the Lordes Supper. Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.; More, John, d. 1592. 1572 (1572) STC 6679; ESTC S114092 20,602 56

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