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A35365 The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself being sick for three pence charge, with such things only as grow in England ... / by Nich. Culpeper. Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. 1652 (1652) Wing C7501; ESTC R24897 290,554 180

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