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A48024 A relation of the death of the primitive persecutors written originally in Latin by L.C.F. Lactantius ; Englished by Gilbert Burnet, D.D., to which he hath made a large preface concerning persecution.; De mortibus persecutorum. English Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320.; Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1687 (1687) Wing L142; ESTC R234919 60,272 167

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