Peter Balle's History of the Courtenays

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Ffrom this Phillipp as before appeareth, issued the deuision of the two greatest pillers of this familie, the howse of Powderham, & that of Molland, about the prioritie of which two, ignorance hath bredde a competition & contention for that vulgar error which hath corrupted the opinions (for iudgement I cannot tearme it, being inconsiderate & groundlesse) of some