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A16191 A schole of wise conceytes vvherin as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth, set forth in common places by order of the alphabet. Translated out of diuers Greke and Latine wryters, by Thomas Blage student of the Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Blague, Thomas, d. 1611. 1569 (1569) STC 3114; ESTC S109053 110,067 304

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