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A75822
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Avaritia coram tribunali: or, the miser arraign'd at the bar of scripture and reason for his sinful neglect of charity, in this present lamentable and dreadful visitation of the plague. By a gentleman that loves men more than money.
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Gentleman that loves men more than money.
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Wing A4266; ESTC R223581
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