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A30676 The husbandmans companion containing one hundred occasional meditations reflections and ejaculations : especially suited to men of that employment : directing them how they may be heavenly-minded while about their ordinary calling / by Edward Bury. Bury, Edward, 1616-1700. 1677 (1677) Wing B6207; ESTC R23865 229,720 483

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