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A13726 The historie of Italie a boke excedyng profitable to be redde: because it intreateth of the astate of many and diuers common weales, how thei haue ben, [and] now be gouerned. Thomas, William, Clerk of the Council to Edward VI. 1549 (1549) STC 24018; ESTC S118381 242,070 462

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