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A18431 The garden of prudence Wherein is contained, a patheticall discourse, and godly meditation, most brieflie touching the vanities of the world, the calamities of hell, and the felicities of heauen. You shal also find planted in the same, diuers sweet and pleasant flowers, most necessarie and comfortable both for body and soule. Chappell, Bartholomew. 1595 (1595) STC 4999; ESTC S104953 25,188 80

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