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A00671 A treatise of vsurie diuided into three bookes: the first defineth what is vsurie. The second determineth that to be vnlawfull. The third remoueth such motiues as perswade men in this age that it may be lawfull. By Robert Fenton Bachelar of Diuinitie. Fenton, Roger, 1565-1616. 1611 (1611) STC 10806; ESTC S101958 118,517 170

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