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A48496 Catastrophe mundi, or, Merlin reviv'd in a discourse of prophecies and predictions and their remarkable accomplishment : with Mr. Lilly's hieroglyphicks exactly cut, and notes and observations thereon as also a collection of all the antient (reputed) prophecies that are extant touching the grand revolutions like to happen in these latter ages / by a learned pen. Learned pen.; Lilly, William, 1602-1681. Monarchy or no monarchy. 1683 (1683) Wing L2214; ESTC R32469 37,157 144

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