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A17478 A briefe and necessarie catechisme, concerning the principall poynts of our Christian religion Written for the good of all such as seeke after consolation in Christ. By R.C. R. C., fl. 1602.; Greenham, Richard, attributed name. aut 1574 (1574) STC 4296; ESTC S115042 20,180 63

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