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A08687 Epigrams of that most wittie and worthie epigrammatist Mr. Iohn Owen, Gentleman. Translated by Iohn Vicars; Epigrammata. English. Selections Owen, John, 1560?-1622.; Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652. 1619 (1619) STC 18993; ESTC S113769 23,712 112

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