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A06862 The iudgment of humane actions a most learned, & excellent treatise of morrall philosophie, which fights agaynst vanytie, & conduceth to the fyndinge out of true and perfect felicytie. Written in French by Monsieur Leonard Marrande and Englished by Iohn Reynolds; Jugement des actions humaines. English Marandé, Léonard de.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.; Reynolds, John, fl. 1621-1650. 1629 (1629) STC 17298; ESTC S111998 129,155 340

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