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A07472 A pill to purge out poperie: or, A catechisme for Romish Catholikes shewing that popery is contrarie to the grounds of the Catholike religion, and that therefore papists cannot be good Catholikes. Mico, John. 1623 (1623) STC 17858; ESTC S121915 31,742 49

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