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A01228 The third part of the Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch Entituled, Amintas dale. Wherein are the most conceited tales of the pagan gods in English hexameters together with their auncient descriptions and philosophicall explications. By Abraham Fraunce.; Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch. Part 3 Fraunce, Abraham, fl. 1587-1633. 1592 (1592) STC 11341; ESTC S105650 108,166 126

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