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A89642
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The rule of penance of the seraphicall father S. Francis approued and confirmed by Leo the X. for religious persons of the 3. order of S. Francis : together with a declaration of each point of the Rule, profitable not only to the religous of this order, but also to all religious women / by Br. Angelus Francis, friar minour.
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Third Order Regular of St. Francis.; Angelus Francis.
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Wing M939B; ESTC R200641
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