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A02897 An Æthiopian historie written in Greeke by Heliodorus: very vvittie and pleasaunt, Englished by Thomas Vnderdoune. With the argumente of euery booke, sette before the whole vvoorke; Aethiopica. English Heliodorus, of Emesa.; Underdown, Thomas. 1569 (1569) STC 13041; ESTC S106061 229,084 308

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