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A94684 Aminta: the famous pastoral. / Written in Italian by Signor' Torquato Tasso. And translated into English verse by John Dancer. Together with divers ingenious poems.; Aminta. English Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.; Dancer, John, fl. 1660-1675. 1660 (1660) Wing T172; Thomason E1836_2; ESTC R203743 50,018 155

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