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A31383 The holy court in five tomes, the first treating of motives which should excite men of qualitie to Christian perfection, the second of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and ladie, the third of maxims of Christianitie against prophanesse ..., the fourth containing the command of reason over the passions, the fifth now first published in English and much augemented according to the last edition of the authour containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers taken out of the Old and New Testament and other modern authours / written in French by Nicholas Caussin ; translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others. Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640. 1650 (1650) Wing C1547; ESTC R27249 2,279,942 902

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