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A01684 The remedie of reason not so comfortable for matter, as compendious for memorie. Wherein the ignorant may gather instruction, the learned confirmation, all men consolation. By Charles Gibbon. Gibbon, Charles, fl. 1589-1604. 1589 (1589) STC 11820; ESTC S103125 33,960 84

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