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A33433 Clievelandi VindiciƦ, or, Clieveland's genuine poems, orations, epistles, &c. purged from the many false and spurious ones which had usurped his name, and from innumerable errours and corruptions in the true copies : to which are added many never printed before, with an account of the author's life.; Vindiciae Cleveland, John, 1613-1658. 1677 (1677) Wing C4671; ESTC R1324 86,279 262

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