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A41851 Virginia's cure, or, An advisive narrative concerning Virginia discovering the true ground of that churches unhappiness, and the only true remedy : as it was presented to the Right Reverend Father in God Gvilbert Lord Bishop of London, September 2, 1661 : now publish'd to further the welfare of that and the like plantations / by R. G. R. G.; Gray, Robert, 16th/17th cent.; Greene, Robert, 17th cent. 1662 (1662) Wing G1624; ESTC R10987 16,780 29

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