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A68306 The copie of an epistle sent by Iohn Knox one of the ministers of the Englishe Church at Geneua vnto the inhabitants of Newcastle, & Barwike. In the end wherof is added a briefe exhortation to England for the spedie imbrasing of Christes gospel hertofore suppressed & banished. Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572. 1559 (1559) STC 15064; ESTC S106733 36,483 128

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