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A06157 Instructions and aduertisements, how to meditate the misteries of the rosarie of the most holy Virgin Mary. Written in Italian by the Reuerend Father Gaspar Loarte D. of Diuinite of the Societie of Iesus. And newly translated into English; Meditationes de rosario B. Virginis. English Loarte, Gaspar de, 1498-1578.; Fenn, John, 1535-1614. 1597 (1597) STC 16646; ESTC S108809 74,621 256

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