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six times printed, thrice in Latin, and thrice in Italian.

The Latin Editions. The first Latin edition was printed at Milan in 1539. It is of exceeding rarity, and has escaped the vigilance of Brunet and Græsse. Père François Van Ortroy, the noted Bollandist (whom few things escape), was the first to call attention to a copy in the Ambrosian Library, and it is the only copy known to exist. (See "Analecta Bollandiana," xix. 460.)