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A08695 The dumbe diuine speaker, or: Dumbe speaker of Diuinity A learned and excellent treatise, in praise of silence: shewing both the dignitie, and defectes of the tongue. Written in Italian, by Fra. Giacomo Affinati d'Acuto Romano. And truelie translated by A.M. Affinati, Giacomo.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633. 1605 (1605) STC 190; ESTC S115940 324,313 360

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