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A08793 A compe[n]dius [and] a moche fruytefull treatyse of well liuynge co[n]taynyng the hole su[m]me and effect of al vertue. Wrytten by S. Bernard [and] translated by Thomas Paynell.; Modus bene vivendi. English Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Paynell, Thomas. 1545 (1545) STC 1908; ESTC S108441 104,124 414

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