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A39837 The imperfection of most governments taken out of the Epitomy of the Roman history written by Lucius Annæus Florus : where it plainly appears that the liberty of the most flourishing common-wealth of the Romans destroyed written by Roger Trusty.; Epitomae de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC libri II. English. Selections Florus, Lucius Annaeus.; Trusty, Roger. 1680 (1680) Wing F1381A; ESTC R3394 7,338 6

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