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A73334 The excellent historye of Theseus and Ariadne Wherein is declared her feruent loue to hym: and his trayterous dealynge towarde her: written in English meeter in co[n]mendacion of all good women: and to the infamie of suche lyght huswyues as Phedia the sister of Ariadne was: which fled away w[ith] Theseus her sisters husbande: as is declared in this history. By Thomas Vnderdowne. Underdown, Thomas. 1566 (1566) STC 24517; ESTC S124908 10,262 35

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