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A19965 Daphnis and Chloe excellently describing the vveight of affection, the simplicitie of loue, the purport of honest meaning, the resolution of men, and disposition of fate, finished in a pastorall, and interlaced with the praises of a most peerlesse preincesse, wonderfull in maiestie, and rare in perfection, celebrated within the same pastorall, and therefore termed by the name of the shepheards holidaie. by Angell Daye. Altior fortuna virtus.; Daphnis and Chloe. English Longus.; Day, Angel, fl. 1575-1595.; Amyot, Jacques, 1513-1593. 1587 (1587) STC 6400; ESTC S112592 83,708 118

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