The Epistles of Ovid, tr. into Engl. prose, with the Lat. text. and notes |
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Acontius æquor againſt alfo altera amor aquas arma becauſe Breaft call'd caufa Caufe conjux Crete cùm Cydippe Daughter Demophoon Dido effe Epiftle erat erit facta fæpe fafe faid fame Father fatis feems fhall fhould finè firft flain fome foror freta ftill fuch fuit funt habet hæc Helen Hercules herſelf himſelf Hippodamia Hufband ifta igne illa ille ipfa ipfe Jafon Jupiter lacrymas laft Love malè manus Medea meis Menelaus mibi mihi modò myſelf nifi nobis noftra NOTE Number numina nunc obferved oculis Oenone ofcula Ovid Paffion Paris pater pectora Phrygia Poet precor prefent Priam Promife puella quæ quam quid quod quoque Reafon Sæpe Sappho ſhe Sifter tamen terra thefe theſe thofe Thrace tibi Trojan Troy tuæ tuis venit Venus verba viro virum whofe yourſelf
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