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A03573 A copie of the speache: made by the mathematicall lecturer unto the worshipfull companye present. At the house of the worshipfull M. Thomas Smith, dwelling in Gracious Street: the 4. of Nouember, 1588. T. Hood. Hood, Thomas, fl. 1582-1598. 1588 (1588) STC 13694; ESTC S108609 8,236 16

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