Healthes: sicknesse. Or, a compendious and briefe discourse; prouing, the drinking, and pledging of healthes, to be sinfull, and utterly unlawfull unto Christians / By William Prynne.

  • William Prynne
Date:
1628
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Healthes: sicknesse. Or, a compendious and briefe discourse; prouing, the drinking, and pledging of healthes, to be sinfull, and utterly unlawfull unto Christians / By William Prynne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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