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The English gentleman; ; and The English gentlewoman: : both in one volume couched, and in one modell portrayed: to the living glory of their sexe, the lasting story of their worth. Being presented to present times for ornaments; commended to posterity for presidents. With A ladies love-lecture and a supplement lately annexed, and entituled The turtles triumph ... (1641)

Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673 · London, : Printed by Iohn Dawson. · leaf 384

An illustration from The English gentleman; ; and The English gentlewoman: : both in one volume couched, and in one modell portrayed: to the living glory of their sexe, the lasting story of their worth. Being presented to present times for ornaments; commended to posterity for presidents. With A ladies love-lecture and a supplement lately annexed, and entituled The turtles triumph ..., 1641, leaf 384
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