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A05085 Salue deus rex iudæorum containing, 1. The passion of Christ, 2. Eues apologie in defence of women, 3. The teares of the daughters of Ierusalem, 4. The salutation and sorrow of the Virgine Marie : with diuers other things not vnfit to be read / written by Mistris Æmilia Lanyer ...; Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum Lanyer, Aemilia. 1611 (1611) STC 15227; ESTC S123202 48,865 111

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