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A45635 Two essays of love and marriage being a letter written by a gentleman to his friend, to disswade him from love and an answer thereunto by another gentleman, together with some characters and other passages of wit / written by private gentlemen for recreation. J. H.; A. B. 1657 (1657) Wing H84; ESTC R14574 23,688 130

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