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A03144 The historie of that most famous saint and souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia asserted from the fictions, in the middle ages of the Church; and opposition, of the present. The institution of the most noble Order of St. George, named the Garter. A catalogue of all the knights thereof untill this present. By Pet. Heylyn. Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1631 (1631) STC 13272; ESTC S104019 168,694 376

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