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Poems on several occasions and translations wherein the first and second books of Virgil's Æneis are attempted in English / by Tho. Fletcher ...; Poems. Selections
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Fletcher, Thomas, 1666-1713.; Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 1-2. English.
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1692
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Wing F1362; ESTC R15620
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