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A03120 The georgicks of Hesiod, by George Chapman; translated elaborately out of the Greek: containing doctrine of husbandrie, moralitie, and pietie; with a perpetuall calendar of good and bad daies; not superstitious, but necessarie (as farre as naturall causes compell) for all men to obserue, and difference in following their affaires; Works and days. English Hesiod.; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. 1618 (1618) STC 13249; ESTC S104006 51,840 48

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