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A16529 A treatise ful of consolation for all that are afflicted in minde, or bodie, or otherwise Which armeth vs against impatiencie vnder any crosse. By Nicolas Bovvnde Doctor of Divinitie. Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613. 1608 (1608) STC 3441; ESTC S114772 58,110 182

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