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A64269 The devil turn'd casuist, or, The cheats of Rome laid open in the exorcism of a despairing devil, at the house of Thomas Pennington in Orrel in the parish of Wigan and county of Lancaster / by Zachary Taylor ... Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705. 1696 (1696) Wing T595A; ESTC R39717 24,170 30

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