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A41984 Elegies of old age made English from the Latin of Cn. Cornelivs Gallvs.; Elegiae. English Maximianus, 6th cent.; Walker, Hovenden, Sir, 1656?-1728.; Gallus, Gaius Cornelius, 69?-26 B.C. 1688 (1688) Wing G181A; ESTC R11044 28,218 106

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