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A18243
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Marcus Ausonius his foure bookes of morall precepts, intituled Cato concerning the precepts of common life / translated out of Latin hexamiters into English meter by Walter Gosnold gentleman ...; Catonis disticha.
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Gosnold, Walter.
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STC 4863.5; ESTC S280
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