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A48929 An olive-leaf, or, A bud of the spring viz. Christ's resurrection and its end, viz. the conversion of sinners and a Christians compleat reliefe / opened by Nicholas Lockyer ... Lockyer, Nicholas, 1611-1685. 1650 (1650) Wing L2798; ESTC R31562 34,017 92

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