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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46424	A modern essay on the tenth satyr of Juvenal. By Henry Higden, Esquire. Licensed June 2d. 1686. Ro. L'Estrange	Higden, Henry.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.; Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.; Juvenal. Satira 10. English and Latin.	1687 (1687)	Wing J1278B; ESTC R218557	42,854	84

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