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A20947 Heraclitus: or, Meditations vpon the misery of mankinde, and the vanitie of humane life with the inconstancie of worldly things; as also the wickednesse of this deceitfull age described. Faithfully translated out of the last edition written in French by that learned diuine, Monsieur Du Moulin By Abraham Darcie.; Héraclite; ou, De la vanité et misère de la vie humaine. English Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625. 1624 (1624) STC 7326; ESTC S115746 58,947 176

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