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A18949 The rape of Proserpine. Translated out of Claudian in Latine, into English verse: by Leonard Digges, Gent; De raptu Proserpinae. English Claudianus, Claudius.; Digges, Leonard, 1588-1635. 1617 (1617) STC 5367; ESTC S108051 32,436 78

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