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A00384 The praise of folie. = MoriƦ encomium a booke made in latine by that great clerke Erasmus Roterodame. Englisshed by sir Thomas Chaloner knight.; Moriae encomium. English Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1521-1565. 1549 (1549) STC 10500; ESTC S101685 94,709 162

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