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A19051 Hebdomada sacra: A weekes deuotion: or, Seuen poeticall meditations vpon the second chapter of St. Matthewes gospell. Written, by Roger Cocks. Cocks, Roger, fl. 1630-1642. 1630 (1630) STC 5467; ESTC S118643 39,040 84

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