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A25401 Of the right of tithes a divinity determination in the publike divinity schools of the University of Cambridg / by ... Lancelot Andrews ... ; translated for the benefit of the public.; Theologica determinatio de decimis. English Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626. 1647 (1647) Wing A3144; ESTC R19352 16,526 27

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