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A42517
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Observations on a journy to Naples wherein the frauds of romish monks and priests are farther discover'd / by the author of a late book entituled The frauds of romish monks and priests.
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Gabin, Antonio, fl. 1726.
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1691
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Wing G393; ESTC R25455
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