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A22608 A tragi-comicall history of our times, under the borrowed names of Lisander and Calista; Histoire trage-comique de nostre temps, sous les noms de Lysandre et de Caliste. English Audiguier, Vital d', 1569-1624.; Duncomb, William. 1635 (1635) STC 907; ESTC S106882 182,194 252

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