Title page of Henry Lord, A Display of Two Forraigne Sects in the East Indies. Viz. The Sect of the Banians, the Ancient Natives of India and the Sect of the Perses, the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia, together with the Religion and Maners of Each Sect, London 1630
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