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A06144
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The tragicocomedie of serpents. By Lodowik Lloid Esquier.
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Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.
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1607
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STC 16631; STC 16631.5; ESTC S108782
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ita_fw-la omnis_fw-la vis_fw-la unita_fw-la fortior_fw-la ut_fw-la anglia_fw-it sine_fw-la scotia_n minus_fw-la vigeret_fw-la ita_fw-la scotia_n sine_fw-la anglia_fw-it magis_fw-la langueret_fw-la ita_fw-la regnum_fw-la omne_fw-la ita_fw-la orbis_fw-la totus_fw-la langueret_fw-la divisus_fw-la quid_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la cunctari_fw-la de_fw-la unitate_fw-la britaniae_fw-la de_fw-la perpetua_fw-la utriusque_fw-la regni_fw-la pace_fw-la de_fw-la fortitudine_fw-la imperij_fw-la de_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la regis_fw-la saepe_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la nocet_fw-la cum_fw-la fabio_fw-it cunctari_fw-la qui_fw-la cunctando_fw-la vicit_fw-la hanibalem_fw-la ita_fw-la saepe_fw-la non_fw-la nocet_fw-la cum_fw-la popilio_fw-la imperare_fw-la qui_fw-la imperando_fw-la vicit_fw-la antiochum_fw-la at_o penes_fw-la te_fw-la est_fw-la invictissime_fw-la princeps_fw-la &_o cunctari_fw-la &_o imperare_fw-la quiad_fw-la sacram_fw-la henrici_fw-la 7._o tui_fw-la attani_fw-la sedem_fw-la 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