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A95827 Poems, with the tenth Satyre of Iuvenal Englished. By Henry Vaughan, Gent. Vaughan, Henry, 1622-1695.; Juvenal. Satura 10. English. 1646 (1646) Wing V124; Thomason E1178_3; ESTC R210035 16,067 91

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