Excerpt from An Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation, Embracing Warriors, Heroes, Poets, Philosophers, Historians, Politicians, Statesmen, Lawyers, Physicians, Divines, Discoveries, Inventors
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