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A79881 Aurea Legenda, or Apothegms, sentences, and sayings of many wise and learned men, useful for all sorts of persons Collected out of many authors by Sa. Clark, sometimes pastor in B.F. Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682. 1682 (1682) Wing C4488A; ESTC R223906 51,711 152

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