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A07160 A sacred poem describing the miraculous life and death of the glorious conuert S· Marie of Ægipt who passed fortie seauen yeares in the desarts leading a penitentiall life to the astonishment of all succeeding ages. Howard, Robert, 1597-1676. 1640 (1640) STC 17567; ESTC S112378 29,394 68

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