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A13333 The annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The description of Germanie; Annales. English Tacitus, Cornelius.; Tacitus, Cornelius. Germania. English.; Greenwey, Richard. 1598 (1598) STC 23644; ESTC S117604 342,845 278

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