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A64902 Prodigies & apparitions, or, Englands warning piece being a seasonable description by lively figures & apt illustration of many remarkable & prodigious fore-runners & apparent predictions of Gods wrath against England, if not timely prevented by true repentance / written by J. V. Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652. 1643 (1643) Wing V323; ESTC R717 17,447 62

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