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A55758 Angliae speculum morale The moral state of England, with the several aspects it beareth to virtue and vice : with The life of Theodatus, and three novels, viz. The land-mariners, Friendship sublimed, The friendly rivals. Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, 1648-1695. 1670 (1670) Wing P3310; ESTC R5728 46,008 222

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