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A31106 The learned man defended and reform'd a discourse of singular politeness and elocution, seasonably asserting the right of the muses, in opposition to the many enemies which in this age Learning meets with, and more especially those two, Ignorance and Vice : in two parts / written in Italian by the happy pen of P. Daniel Bartolus, S.J. ; Englished by Thomas Salusbury ; with two tables, one general, the other alphabetical.; Dell'huomo di lettere difeso et emendato. English Bartoli, Daniello, 1608-1685.; Salusbury, Thomas. 1660 (1660) Wing B988; ESTC R9064 173,867 431

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