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A03845 An epitome of the history of faire Argenis and Polyarchus, extracted out of the Latin, and put in French, by that great and famous writer, M. N. Coeffeteau Bishop of Marseilles. And translated out of the French into English by a yong gentlevvoman. Dedicated to the Lady Anne Wentvvorth; Histoire de Poliarque et d'Argenis. English Coeffeteau, Nicolas, 1574-1623.; Man, Judith.; Barclay, John, 1582-1621. Argenis. 1640 (1640) STC 1396; ESTC S104485 26,786 88

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