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A14083 Asylum veneris, or A sanctuary for ladies Iustly protecting them, their virtues, and sufficiencies from the foule aspersions and forged imputations of traducing spirits. D. T. (Daniel Tuvill), d. 1660. 1616 (1616) STC 24393; ESTC S118753 52,443 161

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