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A52345 A treatise of the difference bbtwixt [sic] the temporal and eternal composed in Spanish by Eusebius Nieremberg ... ; translated into English by Sir Vivian Mullineaux, Knight ; and since reviewed according to the tenth and last Spanish edition.; De la diferencia entre lo temporal y eterno. English Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658.; Mullineaux, Vivian, Sir. 1672 (1672) Wing N1151; ESTC R181007 420,886 606

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