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A06989 The physyke of the soule wherin thou shalt finde many Godly emplastures [and] confortable salues agaynst al spiritual diseases very necessary to be red of the true christians in these last and perilous dayes. Set forth by Thomas Becon. Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1549 (1549) STC 1741; ESTC S109675 7,173 26

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