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A43596 The generall history of vvomen containing the lives of the most holy and prophane, the most famous and infamous in all ages, exactly described not only from poeticall fictions, but from the most ancient, modern, and admired historians, to our times / by T.H., Gent. Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. 1657 (1657) Wing H1784; ESTC R10166 531,736 702

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