Substitution of children to gain inheritance

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Substitution of children to gain inheritance.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1847.1

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Italian Novella*Rotunda.

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Deceptive report of birth of heir. Queen tells king anxious for an heir that she is to give birth to a son, but that ill will befall the son if king looks upon him

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