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A14709 The homilies or familiar sermons of M. Rodolph Gualther Tigurine vpon the prophet Ioel. Translated from Latine into Englishe, by Iohn Ludham vicar of Withersfielde Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Ludham, John, d. 1613. 1582 (1582) STC 25012; ESTC S103628 93,829 243

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