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A75822 Avaritia coram tribunali: or, the miser arraign'd at the bar of scripture and reason for his sinful neglect of charity, in this present lamentable and dreadful visitation of the plague. By a gentleman that loves men more than money. Gentleman that loves men more than money. 1666 (1666) Wing A4266; ESTC R223581 11,877 30

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