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A08673 The three first bookes of Ouid de Tristibus translated into English; Tristia. Book 1-3. English Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604. 1580 (1580) STC 18978; ESTC S110230 49,790 60

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