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A09297 To my beloved wife Helener Penry partaker with me in this life of the suffrings of the gospel in the kingdome and pacience of Iesus Christ, and resting with me in vndowbted hope of the glory that shal-be revealed : all strenght and comfort, with all other spirituall graces be multiplyed through Christ Iesus our Lord. Penry, John, 1559-1593. 1593 (1593) STC 19610; ESTC S1617 5,750 6

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