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A53491 A miscellany of sundry essayes, paradoxes, and problematicall discourses, letters and characters; together with politicall deductions from the history of the Earl of Essex, executed under Queen Elizabeth. / By Francis Osborn Esquire. Osborne, Francis, 1593-1659. 1659 (1659) Wing O516; Thomason E1900_2 78,114 296

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