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A89388 Motives to perswade people to abstain from one meals meat in a week, and to give the value thereof unto the trustees for propagation of the Gospel: especially for maintaining hopefull poor scholars at the Universities. 1646 (1646) Wing M2943; Thomason E1189_11; ESTC R208287 4,511 15

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