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A55479 Mundorum explicatio, or, The explanation of an hieroglyphical figure wherein are couched the mysteries of the external, internal, and eternal worlds, shewing the true progress of a soul from the court of Babylon to the city of Jerusalem, from the Adamical fallen state to the regenerate and angelical : being a sacred poems / written by S.P., Armig. Pordage, Samuel, 1633-1691?; Pordage, John, 1607-1681. 1661 (1661) Wing P2974; ESTC R19164 225,779 377

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