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A18097 Galateo of Maister Iohn Della Casa, Archebishop of Beneuenta. Or rather, A treatise of the ma[n]ners and behauiours, it behoueth a man to vse and eschewe, in his familiar conuersation A worke very necessary & profitable for all gentlemen, or other. First written in the Italian tongue, and now done into English by Robert Peterson, of Lincolnes Inne Gentleman.; Galateo. English Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556.; Peterson, Robert, fl. 1576-1606. 1576 (1576) STC 4738; ESTC S104924 60,962 139

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