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A47628 Three diatribes or discourses first of travel, or a guide for travellers into forein [sic] parts, secondly, of money or coyns, thirdly, of measuring of the distance betwixt place and place / by Edward Leigh, Esq. ...; Three diatribes or discourses Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. 1671 (1671) Wing L1010; ESTC R12004 37,962 106

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