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I. A Sketch of the History of the Asylum, or Sanctuary, from its Origin to the final Abolition of it in the Reign of James I. By the Rev. Samuel Pegge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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The institution proposed for the subject of the following memoir, is of very ancient and even divine original: and as it has undergone, at times and in different countries, so many alterations and revolutions, and I may add such horrible and scandalous abuses, the history of its various fate and fortune may deservedly become a proper object of enquiry and elucidation.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1787

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