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A77689 Hydriotaphia, urne-buriall, or, a discourse of the sepulchrall urnes lately found in Norfolk. Together with the garden of Cyrus, or the quincunciall, lozenge, or net-work plantations of the ancients, artificially, naturally, mystically considered. With sundry observations. / By Thomas Browne D. of Physick. Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682. 1658 (1658) Wing B5154; Thomason E1821_3; ESTC R202039 74,321 222

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