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A17729 A very profitable treatise made by M. Ihon Caluyne, declarynge what great profit might come to al christendome, yf there were a regester made of all sainctes bodies and other reliques, which are aswell in Italy, as in Fraunce, Dutchland, Spaine, and other kingdomes and countreys. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Steuen Wythers. 1561. Set furth and authorised according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.; Traité des reliques. English. Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Wythers, Stephen. 1561 (1561) STC 4467; ESTC S112756 40,893 126

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