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A00375 An epystell of ye famous doctor Erasm[us] of Roterdam vnto the reuerende father & excellent prince, Christofer bysshop of Basyle, co[n]cernyng the forbedynge of eatynge of flesshe, and lyke constitutyons of men. &c.; De interdicto esu carnium. English Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. 1534 (1534) STC 10489; ESTC S101684 40,145 136

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