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A45166 Characters of vertue and vice described in the persons of the wise-man, the valiant man ... attempted in verse from a treatise of the reverend Joseph Hall, late lord bishop of Exeter / by N. Tate. Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. Characters of vertues and vices. 1691 (1691) Wing H372; ESTC R3871 10,123 38

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