Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.

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Title: Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.
Author: Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533.
Publication: [Enprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de worde,; [ca. 1525]]
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Subject terms: Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.
Cite this Item: "Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09627.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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¶what he hated & what he loued.

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