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A06881 A treatise of the good and euell tounge With the vnstablenesse of the same, and also with the abuses thereof. With a discourse of the punishment which the Lord hath shewed on al those which through swearing and periuring themselues, haue broken Gods commandements: as by this treatise most plainely appeareth. Made by Iohn of Marconuille gentleman. Marconville, Jean de.; T. S., fl. 1592. 1592 (1592) STC 17313; ESTC S119680 18,834 60

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