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A16642 The poore mans ieuuel, that is to say, A treatise of the pestilence unto the which is annexed a declaration of the vertues of the hearbs Carduus Benedictus, and angelica, which are very medicinabl[e], both against the plague, and also against many other diseases / gathered out of the bookes of diuers learned physitians. Brasbridge, Thomas, fl. 1590. 1578 (1578) STC 3549; ESTC S229 22,042 66

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