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A44271
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Homer's Odysses translated by Tho. Hobbes of Malmsbury ; with a large preface concerning the vertues of an heroique poem written by the translator.; Odyssey. English. 1675
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Homer.; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
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