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A44478 The poems of Horace consisting of odes, satyres, and epistles / rendred in English verse by several persons.; Works. English. 1671 Horace.; Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.; Fanshawe, Richard, Sir, 1608-1666.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640.; Dunstall, John, fl. 1644-1675.; Loggan, David, 1635-1700? 1666 (1666) Wing H2781; ESTC R43263 170,972 418

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