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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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cum_fw-la lauro_fw-la &_o oliva_fw-la venis_fw-la cum_fw-la regina_fw-la foecundissima_fw-la cum_fw-la principe_fw-la prudentissimo_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la regijs_fw-la liberis_fw-la quasi_fw-la fidissimis_fw-la britaniae_fw-la scipionibus_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la ac_fw-la de_fw-la sacris_fw-la regnorum_fw-la anchoris_fw-la omnis_fw-la plaudit_fw-la anglia_fw-it gestunt_fw-la parietes_fw-la scotiae_fw-la hibernia_n cuncta_fw-la laetatur_fw-la &_o cambria_n tota_fw-la triumphant_a the_o tragicomedie_n of_o serpent_n i_o have_v promise_v to_o add_v something_o to_o my_o last_o little_a treatise_n the_o practice_n of_o policy_n i_o think_v i_o shall_v write_v but_o of_o the_o policy_n of_o man_n yet_o i_o have_v cause_n to_o speak_v of_o diverse_a kind_n of_o serpent_n of_o devil_n serpent_n of_o idol_n serpent_n of_o image_n serpent_n of_o beast_n serpent_n and_o of_o man_n serpent_n which_o be_v the_o most_o perilous_a serpent_n of_o all_o according_a to_o the_o old_a 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