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A07463 The foreste or Collection of histories no lesse profitable, then pleasant and necessarie, dooen out of Frenche into Englishe, by Thomas Fortescue.; Silva de varia lección. English Mexía, Pedro, 1496?-1552?; Fortescue, Thomas, fl. 1571. 1571 (1571) STC 17849; ESTC S112653 259,469 402

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