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A97249 A hopefull way to cure, that horrid sinne of svvearing. Or an helpe to save swearers, if willing to be saved: being an offer or message from him, whom they so daringly, and audatiously provoke. Also a curb against cursing. Younge, Richard. 1645 (1645) Wing Y160AB; Thomason E24_2; ESTC R211952 24,628 17

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