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A33321 The life & death of Julius Cæsar, the first founder of the Roman empire as also, The life and death of Augustus Cæsar, in whose raign [sic] Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Chri[s]t was borne / by Sa. Clarke ... Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682. 1665 (1665) Wing C4529; ESTC R19882 65,031 99

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