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A47834 Hymen's præludia, or Loves master-peice being that so much admired romance, intituled Cleopatra : in twelve parts / written originally in the French, and now elegantly rendred into English by Robert Loveday.; Cléopatre. English La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste, seigneur de, d. 1663.; Loveday, Robert, fl. 1655.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.; J. C. (John Coles), b. 1623 or 4.; J. W. (James Webb) 1674 (1674) Wing L123; ESTC R3406 2,056,707 1,117

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