Gamēlia on the happy marriage of the most accomplished paire, H.R. Esq. and the vertuous A.B.
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Gamēlia on the happy marriage of the most accomplished paire, H.R. Esq. and the vertuous A.B.
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Oxford, :: Printed by L.L.,
An. Dom. 1640.
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Marriage -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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"Gamēlia on the happy marriage of the most accomplished paire, H.R. Esq. and the vertuous A.B." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B00624.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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Ite, agite, ô Juvenes, & vos, castissima turba,
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