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A13925 Here begyn[n]eth a newe treatyse deuyded in thre parties The fyrst partie is to know, [et] haue i[n] mynde the wretchednes, of all mankynde. The seconde is of the co[n]dycion and manere of the vnstedfastnes, of this world here. The thyrde parte i[n] this boke you may rede of bytter death, and why it is to drede. Rolle, Richard, of Hampton, 1290?-1349. aut 1542 (1542) STC 24228; ESTC S103664 34,994 80

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