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B00537 An exhortation vnto the gouernours, and people of Hir Maiesties countrie of Wales, to labour earnestly, to haue the preaching of the Gospell planted among them. There is in the ende something that was not in the former impression.. Penry, John, 1559-1593.; Waldegrave, Robert, 1554-1604, printer. 1588 (1588) STC 19605.5; ESTC S94666 73,347 118

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