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A07270 Vnhappy prosperitie expressed in the histories of Ælius Seianus and Philippa the Catanian· Written in French by P: Mathieu and translated into English by Sr. Th: Hawkins; Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. English Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640.; Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621. Histoire des prosperitez malheureuses d'une femme cathenoise, grande seneschalle de Naples. English. aut; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium. 1632 (1632) STC 17666; ESTC S112489 161,436 318

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