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A06809 A plaine path to perfect vertue: deuised and found out by Mancinus a Latine poet, and translated into English by G. Turberuile gentleman; De quatuor virtutibus. English Mancinus, Dominicus, fl. 1478-1491.; Turberville, George, 1540?-1610? 1568 (1568) STC 17244; ESTC S120309 41,248 144

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