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A92911 Twenty and two epistles of Lucius Annæus Seneca, the philosopher translated out of the originall, into English verse.; Epistulae morales ad Lucillium. English. 1654 Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. 1654 (1654) Wing S2530; ESTC R42606 41,401 89

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