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A68830 St. Pauls threefold cord vvherewith are severally combined, the mutuall oeconomicall duties, betwixt husband. wife. parent. childe. master. servant. By Daniel Touteville Pr. to the Charterhouse. D. T. (Daniel Tuvill), d. 1660. 1635 (1635) STC 24396.5; ESTC S101650 102,232 490

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