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A96974 Parnassus biceps. Or Severall choice pieces of poetry, composed by the best wits that were in both the universities before their dissolution. With an epistle in the behalfe of those now doubly secluded and sequestred Members, by one who himselfe is none. Wright, Abraham, 1611-1690. 1656 (1656) Wing W3686; Thomason E1679_1; ESTC R204146 62,203 178

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