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A44052 Sion and Parnassus, or, Epigrams on severall texts of the Old and New Testament to which are added [brace] A poem on the Passion, A hymn on the resurrection, ascention, and feast of Pentecost / by Iohn Hoddesdon. Hoddesdon, John, fl. 1650. 1650 (1650) Wing H2295; ESTC R35999 48,372 143

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