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A17689 Of the life or conuersation of a Christen man, a right godly treatise, wyrtten [sic] in the latin tonge, by maister Iohn Caluyne, a man of ryghte excellente learnynge and of no lesse godly conuersation. Translated into English by Thomas Broke Esquier Paymaister of Douer. An[no] M. D. XLix. The first day of Ianuary Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas. 1549 (1549) STC 4436; ESTC S110975 42,086 164

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