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A37463 A complaint of the false prophets mariners upon the drying up of their hierarchicall Euphrates as it was preached publickly in the Island of Garnezey before a sett order of ministers, expounding in their successive turnes the Revelation of St. John / by John De La March ... De La March, John, ca. 1589-1651. 1641 (1641) Wing D868; Wing L202; ESTC R9089 90,660 125

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