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B12393 Certaine godly and verie comfortable letters, full of christian consolation. Written by M. Ed Dering vnto sondry of his friends. And nowe published, for the proffite of the Church of God Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576. 1590 (1590) STC 6682.5; ESTC S116582 40,526 65

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