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A15778
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A succinct philosophicall declaration of the nature of clymactericall yeeres, occasioned by the death of Queene Elizabeth. VVritten by T:VV
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Wright, Thomas, d. 1624.
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1604
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STC 26043.3; ESTC S120610
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