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A96346 The academy of true wisdom:, or, The school of vertue. Wherein, one is your master even Christ ... : A work lately compil'd, and brought to its ultimate perfection, / by J.W. Weldon, John.; White, J. 1694 (1694) Wing W1771C; ESTC R212924 222,487 449

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