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A35565 A treatise concerning enthusiasme, as it is an effect of nature, but is mistaken by many for either divine inspiration, or diabolical possession by Meric Casaubon ... Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671. 1655 (1655) Wing C812; ESTC R14401 168,057 256

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