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A01185 The vvisedome of the ancients, written in Latine by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Baron of Verulam, and Lord Chancelor or England. Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Knight; De sapientia veterum. English Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625. 1619 (1619) STC 1130; ESTC S100339 47,646 172

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