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B04460 [The] manner of performing the Novena, or, The nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius: of the Society of Jesus, and apostle of India. As also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint. Brown, Levinius, 1671-1764.; Scarisbrike, Edward, 1639-1709. 1690 (1690) Wing M459B; ESTC R229394 36,323 117

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