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A60163 The novels of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, knight of the order of St. James Faithfully Englished. Whereunto is added, The marriage of Belphegor, an Italian novel. Translated from Machiavel. Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645. aut; Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jerónimo, 1581-1635.; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Novella di Belfagor. English. aut 1671 (1671) Wing S369A; ESTC R219865 64,311 169

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