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A23268 Austins Vrania, or, The heauenly muse in a poem full of most feeling meditations for the comfort of all soules, at all times: by S.A. B. of Arts of Ex. Colledge in Oxford.; Urania Austin, Samuel, b. 1605 or 6. 1629 (1629) STC 971; ESTC S104457 102,044 160

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