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A18388 The garden of our B. Lady. Or A deuout manner, how to serue her in her rosary. Written by S.C. of the Society of Iesus Chambers, Sabine, 1560?-1633. 1619 (1619) STC 4955; ESTC S107949 68,766 292

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