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A03395 The true history of the tragicke loves of Hipolito and Isabella Neapolitans. Englished; Amours tragiques d'Hyppolite et Isabelle. English Meslier, fl. 1610.; Hart, Alexander, fl. 1640, attributed name. 1628 (1628) STC 13516; ESTC S118793 47,048 162

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