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A69577 A paraphrase upon the Canticles, and some select hymns of the New and Old Testament with other occasional compositions in English verse / by Samuel Woodford ... Woodford, Samuel, 1636-1700. 1679 (1679) Wing B2632A; ESTC R15089 141,006 356

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