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A06411 Lucans Pharsalia containing the ciuill warres betweene Cæsar and Pompey. Written in Latine heroicall verse by M. Annæus Lucanus. Translated into English verse by Sir Arthur Gorges Knight. Whereunto is annexed the life of the authour, collected out of diuers authors.; Pharsalia. English Lucan, 39-65.; Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625.; Gorges, Carew. 1614 (1614) STC 16884; ESTC S103371 257,632 472

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