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A00002 The brides ornaments viz. fiue meditations, morall and diuine. 1. Knowledge, 2. zeale, 3. temperance, 4. bountie, 5. ioy. Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655? 1625 (1625) STC 1000.5; ESTC S115415 64,217 134

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