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A13759 Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of Deuonshire; History of the Peloponnesian War. English Thucydides.; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver. 1629 (1629) STC 24058; ESTC S117705 574,953 588

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