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Here begynneth the legende named in Latyn Legenda aurea, : that is to say in Englysshe the Golden legende : for lyke as passeth golde in valewe al other metallys, soo thys legende excedeth all other bokes

Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298 · [Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde] · leaf 348

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