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A01811 Annales of England Containing the reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary. Written in Latin by the Right Honorable and Right Reverend Father in God, Francis Lord Bishop of Hereford. Thus Englished, corrected and inlarged with the author's consent, by Morgan Godwyn.; Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria regnantibus annales. English Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.; Godwin, Morgan, 1602 or 3-1645. 1630 (1630) STC 11947; ESTC S106901 197,682 360

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