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A38614 Shibboleth, or, Observations of severall errors in the last translations of the English & French Bibles together with many other received opinions in the Protestant churches, which being weighed in the ballance are found too light / written by John Despagne ... ; and translated into English by Robert Codrington ...; Shibboleth. English Espagne, Jean d', 1591-1659.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665. 1656 (1656) Wing E3271; ESTC R20162 51,713 172

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