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A10790 The heroinæ: or, The lives of Arria, Paulina, Lucrecia, Dido, Theutilla, Cypriana, Aretaphila; Heroinæ. Rivers, George. 1639 (1639) STC 21063; ESTC S101215 33,813 186

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