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A47614 The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present day in an apt and pleasant allegory ... / by B.K., author of War with the Devil, and Sion in distress. Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704. 1684 (1684) Wing K98; ESTC R17933 96,473 173

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