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A68936 Sions sonets. Sung by Solomon the King, and periphras'd by Fra. Quarles; Bible. O.T. Lamentations. English. Quarles. Paraphrases. Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. 1625 (1625) STC 2776; ESTC S102349 17,738 46

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