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A03512 The Iliads of Homer prince of poets· Neuer before in any languag truely translated. With a co[m]ment vppon some of his chiefe places; donne according to the Greeke by Geo: Chapman.; Iliad. English. Chapman Homer.; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.; Hole, William, d. 1624, engraver. 1611 (1611) STC 13634; ESTC S119234 399,802 404

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