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A31050 The monk unvail'd: or, A facetious dialogue, discovering the several intrigues, and subtil practises, together with the lewd and scandalous lives of monks, fryers, and other pretended religious votaries of the Church of Rome. Written by an eminent Papist in French. Faithfully translated by C.V. Gent. Barrin, Jean, ca. 1640-1718.; C. V. 1678 (1678) Wing B920A; ESTC R213529 50,045 154

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