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A00350 De co[n]temptu mundi The dispisyng of the worlde / co[m]piled in Latyn by Erasmus Rot. ; and translated in to Englyshe by Thomas Paynell ... Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Paynell, Thomas. 1532 (1532) STC 10470.8; ESTC S878 52,338 112

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