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A18337 Gerardo the vnfortunate Spaniard. Or A patterne for lasciuious louers Containing seuerall strange miseries of loose affection. Written by an ingenious Spanish gentleman, Don Gonçalo de Cespedes, and Meneçes, in the time of his fiue yeeres imprisonment. Originally in Spanish, and made English by L.D.; Español Gerardo. English Céspedes y Meneses, Gonzalo de, 1585?-1638.; Digges, Leonard, 1588-1635. 1622 (1622) STC 4919; ESTC S107646 292,536 482

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