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A43737 Hierocles upon the Golden verses of the Pythagoreans translated immediately out of the Greek into English.; Commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina. English Hierocles, of Alexandria, fl. 430.; Norris, John, 1657-1711. 1682 (1682) Wing H1939; ESTC R3618 78,971 222

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