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A42215 The [French-man] and the Spaniard, or, [The two great lights] of the world, displayed in lively [characters] representing the antipathy of their humours and different dispositions [with an impartiall survey] of the customes of both those nations / by R.G., Gent.; Oposicion y conjuncion de los dos grandes luminares de la tierra. English GarcĂ­a, Carlos, doctor.; Gentilis, Robert. 1642 (1642) Wing G210; ESTC R7504 61,948 291

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