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A00374 A shorte recapitulacion or abrigement of Erasmus Enchiridion brefely comprehendinge the summe and contents therof. Very profitable and necessary to be rede of all trew Christen men. Drawne out by M. Couerdale Anno. 1545; Enchiridion militis Christiani. English. Abridgments Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. 1545 (1545) STC 10488; ESTC S109902 29,209 74

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