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A02616 The great bragge and challenge of M. Champion a Jesuite co[m]monlye called Edmunde Campion, latelye arriued in Englande, contayninge nyne articles here seuerallye laide downe, directed by him to the lordes of the Counsail, / co[n]futed & aunswered by Meredith Hanmer ... Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581.; Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604. 1581 (1581) STC 12745; ESTC S3923 32,146 62

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