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A33348 The wicked life and wofull death of Herod the Great a stranger by nation yet by the Romans made king of the Jews : taking in also the story of the Jews during all the time of his reign ... / by Sa. Clarke. Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682. 1664 (1664) Wing C4560; ESTC R23712 46,549 60

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