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A61163 The plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre first described in Greek by Thucydides, then in Latin by Lucretius / now attempted in English, by Tho. Sprat. Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.; Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.; Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Book 2. English.; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. 1665 (1665) Wing S5040; ESTC R17244 14,883 38

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