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A52344 Prudential reflections, moral considerations, and stoical maximes In three centuries: written originally in the Spanish tongue, and thence put into French, by a R.F. of the Society. English'd by J. D. of Kidwelly. Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658.; J. D. 1674 (1674) Wing N1150B; ESTC R217842 50,700 197

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