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A68061 An exquisite commentarie vpon the Reuelation of Saint Iohn VVherein, both the course of the whole booke, as also the more abstruse and hard places thereof not heretofore opened; are now at last most cleerely and euidently explaned. By Patrik Forbes of Corse. Forbes, Patrick, 1564-1635. 1613 (1613) STC 11149.3; ESTC S102414 192,912 300

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