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A00414 A methode vnto mortification: called heretofore, the contempt of the world, and the vanitie thereof Written at the first in the Spanish, afterward translated into the Italian, English, and Latine tongues: now last of all perused at the request of some of his godly friends, and as may bee most for the benefite of this Church, reformed and published by Thomas Rogers. Allowed by authoritie.; Vanidad del mundo. English Estella, Diego de, 1524-1578.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616. 1608 (1608) STC 10543; ESTC S114515 174,792 500

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