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A12231 The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. Now since the first edition augmented and ended; Arcadia Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586.; Sanford, Hugh, d. 1607. 1593 (1593) STC 22540; ESTC S111872 580,659 488

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