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Alcida : Greenes metamorphosis, vvherein is discouered, a pleasant transformation of bodies into sundrie shapes, shewing that as vertues beautifie the mind, so vanities giue greater staines, than the perfection of any quality can rase out: the discourse confirmed with diuerse merry and delightfull histories; full of graue principles to content age, and sawsed with pleasant parlees, and witty answeres, to satisfie youth: profitable for both, and not offensiue to any

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1617.
Call number: 61109
Creator: Greene, Robert (1558-1592)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
Associated organization: Huth Library,
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