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A99901 A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ... Blague, Thomas, d. 1611. 1572 (1572) STC 3115; ESTC S116173 81,183 192

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