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A06464 An exhortation to yonge men perswading them to walke in the pathe way that leadeth to honeste and goodnes: writen to a frend of his by Thomas Lupsete Londoner. Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530. 1535 (1535) STC 16936; ESTC S104339 22,913 86

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