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A09802 The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea ; translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amyot ... ; and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North.; Lives. English. 1579 Plutarch.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?; Amyot, Jacques, 1513-1593.; Acciaiuoli, Donato, 1429-1478.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628. 1579 (1579) STC 20066; ESTC S1644 2,087,933 1,206

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