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A20468 Contemplations, sighes, and groanes of a Christian. Written in Latine, by Iohn Michael Dilherrus. And Englished by William Style of the Inner Temple, Esquire; Contemplationes et suspiria hominis Christiani. English Dilherr, Johannes Michael, 1604-1669.; Style, William, 1603-1679. 1640 (1640) STC 6879; ESTC S109707 124,554 324

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