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A52855 Plato redivivus, or, A dialogue concerning government wherein, by observations drawn from other kingdoms and states both ancient and modern, an endeavour is used to discover the present politick distemper of our own, with the causes and remedies ... Neville, Henry, 1620-1694. 1681 (1681) Wing N515; ESTC R14592 114,821 478

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