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A16289 The boke of comfort called in laten Boetius de Consolatione philosophie. Translated in to englesse tonge; De consolatione philosophiae. English Boethius, d. 524.; Walton, John, d. 1410. 1535 (1535) STC 3200; ESTC S113387 114,493 220

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