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A72844 The conversion of a sinner faithfully translated out of Italian, by M.K.; Breefe treatise exhorting sinners to repentance Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; M. K., fl. 1580. 1598 (1598) STC 16899.5; ESTC S124577 58,895 174

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