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A53326 A present for teeming vvomen, or, Scripture-directions for women with child how to prepare for the houre of travel / written first for the private use of a gentlewoman of quality in the West, and now published for the common good by John Oliver. Oliver, John, 1601-1661. 1663 (1663) Wing O276; ESTC R30076 85,614 176

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