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A28549 Summum bonum, or, An explication of the divine goodness in the words of the most renowned Boetius translated by a lover of truth and virtue.; De consolatione philosophiae. English Boethius, d. 524.; Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1674 (1674) Wing B3434; ESTC R7385 77,686 220

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