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A00338 A very pleasaunt [and] fruitful diologe called the Epicure, made by that famous clerke Erasmus of Roterodame, newly translated. 1545; Colloquia. English. Selections Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Gerrard, Philip. 1545 (1545) STC 10460; ESTC S113434 22,502 94

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