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A06783 A fruitful treatise of fasting wherin is declared what ye Christen fast is, how we ought to fast, [and] what ye true vse of fastyng is. Newlye made by Thomas Becon. Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1551 (1551) STC 1722; ESTC S114404 40,728 146

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