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A09645 Paraphrase vpon the seaven pen[i]tentiall psalmes of [t]he kingly prophet tra[n]slated out of Italian by I.H.; Sette Salmi della penitentia di David. English. 1635 Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556.; Hawkins, John, fl. 1635. 1635 (1635) STC 19910.5; ESTC S4824 70,947 262

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