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A35987 Two treatises in the one of which the nature of bodies, in the other, the nature of mans soule is looked into in way of discovery of the immortality of reasonable soules. Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665. 1644 (1644) Wing D1448; ESTC R9240 548,974 508

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