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A36557 A pleasant and profitable treatise of Hell. Written by Hieremy Drexelius. S.J.; Infernus damnatorum carcer et rogus æternitatis. English. Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638. 1668 (1668) Wing D2184A; ESTC R212863 150,577 394

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