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A84657 The Following collections or pious little treatises together with the Rule of S. Clare and declarations upon it, are printed for the use of the English Poor Clares in Ayre an index whereof begin's in the sequent page. Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253. Regula. English. 1684 (1684) Wing F1401A; ESTC R42495 50,833 143

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