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Title: A key of knowledge for the opening of the secret mysteries of St Iohns mysticall Reuelation By Ric: Bernard ... The contents ar in the next page before the booke
Imprint: At London: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1617
Date: 1617
Pages: [60], 351, [1] p.
Notes: The title page is engraved. Running title reads: The opening of S. Iohns mysticall Reuelation. "The engr. tp is possibly a cancel"
Copy from: Cambridge University Library
The work is preceded by a long series of dedications. The first is in Latin to the Bishop of Bath and Wells; then come more in English - a nine page one to the judges of the land and the inns of court; another (over 16 pages long) to the Justices of the Peace; another, over 8 pages 'to the worthies of our David' (military men) and one (13 pages) to the Christian reader.
Next comes a brief bibliography and a contents page. The work itself is in 4 parts.

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