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A96039 Wisdome and innocence, or prudence and simplicity in the examples of the serpent and the dove, propounded to our imitation. By Tho. Vane doctor in divinity and physick. Vane, Thomas, fl. 1652. 1652 (1652) Wing V89; Thomason E1406_1; ESTC R209492 46,642 189

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