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A04384 Certaine selected epistles of S. Hierome as also the liues of Saint Paul the first hermite, of Saint Hilarion the first monke of Syria, and of S. Malchus: vvritten by the same Saint. Translated into English; Selections. English Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20.; Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646. 1630 (1630) STC 14502; ESTC S107704 168,063 216

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