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A07487 The carde and compasse of life Containing many passages, fit for these times. And directing all men in a true, Christian, godly and ciuill course, to arriue at the blessed and glorious harbour of heauen. Middleton, Richard, d. 1641. 1613 (1613) STC 17870; ESTC S104498 98,424 266

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