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A19723 The history of Quintus Curcius conteyning the actes of the greate Alexander translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Brende.; Historia Alexandri Magni. English Curtius Rufus, Quintus.; Brende, John. 1553 (1553) STC 6142; ESTC S3998 287,606 468

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