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A14727 The vvonders of the load-stone. Or, The load-stone newly reduc't into a divine and morall vse. By Samuel Ward, of Ipswich. B.D.; Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum. English Ward, Samuel, 1572-1643.; Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685. 1640 (1640) STC 25030; ESTC S119467 50,652 286

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