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B08095 The life of the most honourable and vertuous lady the Lady Magdalen Viscountesse Montague written ... by Richard Smith. And now translated into English, by C. F[ursdon]..; Vita illustrissimae Dominae Magdalenae Montis Acuti in Anglia vicecomitissae. English Smith, Richard, 1566-1655.; Fursdon, Cuthbert. 1627 (1627) STC 22811; ESTC S95235 39,355 62

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