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A13909 The treasure of tranquillity. Or A manuall of morall discourses tending to the tranquillity of minde. Translated out of French by I.M. Master of Arts. Maxwell, James, b. 1581. 1611 (1611) STC 24209; ESTC S119825 49,917 194

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