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A15530 The arte of rhetorique for the vse of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English, by Thomas Wilson. Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. Matrimonii encomium. English. 1553 (1553) STC 25799; ESTC S111753 195,532 268

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