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A17867 Campian Englished. Or A translation of the Ten reasons in which Edmund Campian (of the Societie of Iesus) priest, insisted in his challenge, to the Vniuersities of Oxford and Cambridge Made by a priest of the Catholike and Roman Church.; Rationes decem. English Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581. 1632 (1632) STC 4535; ESTC S116202 50,740 196

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