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A91504 Les provinciales: or, The mysterie of Jesuitisme, discover'd in certain letters, written upon occasion of the present differences at Sorbonne, between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from January 1656. to March 1657. S.N. Displaying the corrupt maximes and politicks of that society. Faithfully rendred into English.; Provinciales. English Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver. 1657 (1657) Wing P643; Thomason E1623_1; ESTC R203163 222,033 540

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