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A73757 The poesie of floured prayers Containing sundrie meditations and prayers gathered out of the sacred letters and vertuous writers: disposed in forme of the alphabet, of the most vertuous Lady, the Lady Elizabeths name. Set forth by Sir Iohn Convvay.; Meditations and praiers gathered out of the sacred letters and vertuous writers Conway, John, Sir, d. 1603. 1611 (1611) STC 5653; ESTC S124809 68,917 431

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