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A31477 The innocent lady, or, The illustrious innocence being an excellent true history, and of modern times carried with handsome conceptions all along / written originally in French by the learned Father de Ceriziers of the Company of Jesus ; and now rendered into English by Sir William Lower, Knight.; Innocence reconnuë Cerisiers, René de, 1609-1662.; Lower, William, Sir, 1600?-1662. 1654 (1654) Wing C1679; ESTC R37539 69,822 175

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