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A85541 GratI Falisci Cynegeticon. Or, A poem of hunting by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and illustrated by Christopher Wase Gent.; Cynegeticon. English and Latin Grattius, Faliscus.; Wase, Christopher, 1625?-1690. 1654 (1654) Wing G1581; Thomason E1531_3; ESTC R1966 59,252 180

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