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A27533
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An abridgement of the life of S. Francis Xaverius of the Society of Iesus, new apostle of India and Japony together with some few of the innumerable authentical miracles wrought by him of late years / by W.B.
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W. B.
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1667
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Wing B205A; ESTC R5440
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