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A67005 A sons patrimony and daughters portion payable to them at all times but best received in their first times when they are young and tender : laid-out without expence of money only in the improving time and words with them contained (in an answerablenesse to their ages) in two volumes ... Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653. 1643 (1643) Wing W3506 409,533 506

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