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A67892 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Salmacida spolia sine sanguine & sudore.; Metamorphoses. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. English Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616. 1602 (1602) STC 18972; ESTC S107668 16,264 40

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