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A48621 A discourse of constancy in two books chiefly containing consolations against publick evils written in Latin by Justus Lipsius, and translated into English by Nathaniel Wanley ...; De constantia. English Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.; Wanley, Nathaniel, 1634-1680. 1670 (1670) Wing L2360; ESTC R18694 89,449 324

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