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A08247 The dignitie of man both in the perfections of his soule and bodie. Shewing as well the faculties in the disposition of the one: as the senses and organs, in the composition of the other. By A.N. Nixon, Anthony. 1612 (1612) STC 18584; ESTC S120838 55,653 170

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