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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12649	A short rule of good life To direct the deuout Christian in a regular and orderly course.	Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.	1622 (1622)	STC 22970; ESTC S106293	53,144	246

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