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A43915 The history of the birth, travels, strange adventures, and death of Fortunatus wherein is contained such variety both of comical and tragical discourse, that the like is not afforded in any histories of this nature : there being added likewise several new additions which was not in the original copy from whence it was translated ... : with the illustration of several new pictures.; Fortunatus (Romance). English. 1682 (1682) Wing H2145; ESTC R4743 59,126 85

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