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A77026 A short treatise of the quiet of the soul. How necessary a thing it is, and how it may be atttained [sic]. Composed by the reverend father John de Bovilla, an observant frier of the holy order of St. Francis. Permissu superiorum Bonilla, Jean de, 16th cent. 1700 (1700) Wing B3595BB; ESTC R229458 16,670 59

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