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WAKEFIELD, Gilbert-continued. Poemata Latine partim scripta, partim reddita: quibus accedunt quædam in Q. Horatium Flaccum, Observationes criticæ, a Gilberto Wakefield. Lond. 1776, 4to. 3s. 6d. LARGE PAPER. Eight copies printed.

An Essay on Inspiration, considered chiefly with Respect to the Evangelists. Warrington, 1781, 8vo. 2s 6d.

A plain and short Account of the Nature of Baptism, according to the New Testament; with a cursory Remark on Confirmation and the Lord's Supper. Lond. 1781, 12mo. 1s. 6d.

Translation of St. Matthew's Gospel With notes, critical, philological and explanatory. Lond. 1782, 4to.

An Enquiry into the Opinions of the Christian Writers of the three first Centuries concerning the Person of Jesus Christ. Vol. i. Lond. 1784, 8vo.

Remarks on Dr. Horsley's Ordination Sermon, in a Letter to the Lord Bishop of Gloucester. Lond. 1788, sm. 8vo. pp. 15. Remarks on the internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. Lond. 1789, 8vo. pp. 165, 2s. 6d.

A new Translation of those parts only of the new Testament which are wrongly translated in our common Version. Lond. 1789, 8vo.

Silva Critica; sive in Auctores sacros profanosque Commentarius philologus. Cantab. et Lond. 1789-95, 8vo. five parts in 2 vols. This work contains much ingenious and elegant criticism, but some of the emendations are too conjectural, and discover the natural boldness of the author. Gough, 3872, 88. Drury, 4541, 17. 10s. An Examen of the work was published by H. C. A. Haenlein; in four small tracts published at Erlangen, 1798-1801, in 4to.

An Address to the Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Bishop of St. David's, on the Subject of an Apology for the Liturgy and Clergy of the Church of England. Lond. 1790, 8vo. Wakefield was in error in supposing Bp. Horsley to be the author of the pamphlet on the Liturgy, to which he here replies.

An Address to the Inhabitants of Nottingham, occasioned by a Letter lately sent to the Mayor, and some other Members of the Corporation of that Town, with an Appendix, on the Subject of the Test Laws. Lond. 1790, 8vo. pp. 31.

Cursory Reflections, occasioned by the present Meetings in Opposition to the Claims of the Dissenters, and the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. Lond. 1790, pp. 27.

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Remarks on the General Orders of the Duke of York to his Army on June 7, 1794. Lond. 1794, 8vo.

Tragoediarum Delectus; viz. Euripidis Hercules Furens, et Alcestis: et Sophoclis Trachinis, Gr. et Lat. a Gilb.Wakefield. Lond. 1794, 8vo. 2 vols. 148. LARGE PAPER. Hollis, 1407, 11. 6s. Duke of Grafton, 671, 17. 68.

Poetical Translations from the Ancients. Lond. 1795, 8vo. pp. 124. Fonthill, 1593, 8s.

A Reply to a Letter of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, &c. Lond. 1795, 8vo. Observations on Pope, by Gilbert Wakefield, B. A. Lond. 1796, 8vo. pp. 350. Steevens, 1029, 6s.

In Euripidis Hecubam Londini nuper publicatum Diatribe extemporalis, composuit Gilbertus Wakefield, A.B. Lond. 1797, 8vo. An excellent stricture on this work appeared in the Monthly Review for 1799, written, say the Edinburgh Reviewers, by a Gentleman, to whom Greek Literature is more indebted than to any other living scholar.

A Letter to Jacob Bryant, Esq. con cerning his Dissertation on the War of Nichols, Troy. Lond. 1797, 4to. pp. 26. in Literary Anecdotes, vol. 8, p. 509, says he has reason to know that Gilbert Wakefield was not the author of this Answer to Bryant.

A Letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Subject of his late Publicatiou. Lond. 1797, 8vo.

A Reply to some Parts of the Bishop of Landaff's Address to the People of Great Britain. Lond. 1798, 8vo. pp. 51. Two booksellers, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jordan, were prosecuted and convicted for selling this tract. This was not, however, esteemed sufficient; for on 21st Feb., 1799, John Cuthell was tried and found guilty of selling and publishing this seditious libel. See the proceedings, State Trials, vol. 27, p. 642. An ex officio

WAKEFIELD, Gilbert-continued. information was also filed against the author himself, who was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Dorchester Jail. The Attorney-General (afterwards Lord Eldon), on the trial, said, that after two persons had been found guilty of publishing the pamphlet, Mr. Wakefield published a third edition at his house at Hackney, which contained some additional matter not in the former ones."

A Letter to Sir John Scott, on the Subject of a late Trial in Guildhall, by Gilbert Wakefield, B.A. Sold by the Author,

1798, 8vo. 33 pages.

Address to the Judges on being called up for Judgment. Lond. 1799, 8vo.

Defence of Gilbert Wakefield, delivered

in the Court of King's Bench. Lond.

1799, 12mo. Horne Tooke, 769, 13s. 6d.

Noctes Carcerariæ. Londini, 1801, 8vo. Privately printed. Mitford, pt. i. interleaved and with the author's autograph additions, the copy mentioned in his Life, vol. ii. p. 241, 17. 17s. 6d.

Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield B.A. late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, written by himself. Lond. 1792, 8vo. Hibbert, 8339, 5s. 6d. Bindley, pt iii. 1910, 6s. - New edition, with his latest Corrections and Notes by the Editors (J. T. Rutt and A. Wainewright), to which is subjoined an Appendix of Original Letters. Lond. 1804, 8vo. 2 vols. portrait. Duke of York, 5315, 15s. Fonthill, 163, 16s. Bindley, pt. iii. 1911, 17s. Drury, 4542, 17s.

Introduction to the Natural History and Classification of Insects. Lond. 1816, 12mo. plates, 58.

Family Tour through the British Empire, interspersed with biographical Anecdotes. Lond. 1804, 12mo.-Fifteenth edition, 1840, 12mo. coloured map.

This lady has published other works, chiefly for youth."

Robert, Professor of Hebrew, Oxford. Oratio de Laudibus & Utilitate trium Linguarum, Arabicæ, Chaldaicæ, & Hebraicæ, atque Idiomatibus Hebraicis quæ in utroque Testamento inveniuntur. Londini apud Winandum de Worde (1524), 4to.

A to Q, in fours, A iv. blank, 64 leaves. which the Hebrew and Arabic characters The first book printed in England in in wood. The author complains that he were used, and which were evidently cut was obliged to omit his whole third part, because the printer had no Hebrew types. White Knights, 4602, morocco, 31. Bright, 5934, title and preliminary leaves wanting, 7s. Copies are in the Bodleian Library and the Grenville Collection.

Kotser Codicis, quo præter Ecclesiæ Sacrosanctæ Decretum, probatur Conjugium cum Fratria carnaliter cognita, illicitum omnino, &c. Lond. Berthelet, 1528, 4to. 60 leaves. A copy is in the Grenville Collection.

The Copie of a Letter wrytten unto Correspondence of the late Gilbert the Kinges Highnesse by Mayster R. Wakefield, B.A., with the late Right Hon. Wakfelde, Chapeleyne unto his Grace, Charles James Fox in the Years 1796- the Yere of our Lorde, M.CCCCCXXVII. 1801, chiefly on Subjects of Classical Li-Tho. Berthelet excudebat, 4to. Reprinted terature. Lond. 1813, 8vo. pp. 232. Hib- in Knight's Life of Erasmus, App. No. bert, 8342, 3s. Drury, 4543, 9s. 6d. Font- ix. hill, 903, 14s. See Dio, Chrysostom. GRAY, Tho-Tomæ Bulleyn Domino et Patrono suo HOMER. LUCRETIUS, Titus. MAT- plurimum observando R. Wakfeldus. THEW, Saint. PAUL, the Apostle. POPE, Tho. Berthelet excudit. 4to. Reprinted in Alexander. TESTAMENT, New. VIRGI Knight's Life of Erasmus, no. xxiii.

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WAKEFIELD, Priscilla. Perambulations in London and its Environs. Second Edition, improved, Lond. 1814, 12mo. 7s.

Illustrissimo Comiti de Wilshier. D.

Syntagma de Hebræorum Codicum Incorruptione, Item eiusdem Oratio Oxonii habita una cum quibusdum aliis lectu ac annotatii non indignis. (Lond. typis Winandi de Worde), n. d. 4to. A to Lii in fours, 42 leaves. Under this title is Pp. 531, including introduction and in-contained an argument in favour of the dex, with five engravings.

Introduction to Botany, in a series of Letters. Lond. 1796, 8vo. Eleventh edition, with considerable Additions and an Introduction to the natural arrangement of Plants. Lond. H. G. Bohn. 1841, post 8vo. 10 plates, containing 216 coloured figures, 8s.; reduced, 5s.

Divorce of Henry VIII. from Q. Katherine. In it is also the first edition of Pace's Letter. See PACE, Richard, p. 1758. A copy is in the Bodleian Library. Paraphrasis in Librum Koheleth (quem vulgo Ecclesiasten vocant) succincta, clara atque fidelis, s. 1. et a. 4to. A copy is in the Bodleian Library.

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Pp. 55, including title, preface, and index, with 86 figures on 16 plates, by J. Collyer.

Synopsis of British Birds, by John Walcott, Esq. Lond. 1789-92, small 4to. 2 vols. 253 plates, 21. 12s. 6d. Once much esteemed. Many of the plates are drawn from stuffed specimens.

Flora Britannica Indigena, with Descriptions taken from Linnæus. Bath, 1778, 8vo. portrait and 168 plates, 6s.

WALDEGRAVE, James, Earl of. Memoirs, from 1754 to 1758, by James, Earl of Waldegrave. Lond. 1821, small 4to. portrait.

A valuable historical work, written in a clear, plain, and unaffected style, with a biographical and critical preface, said to have been written by Lord Holland. Hibbert, 8414, 17. 1s. Drury, 4660,

13s. 6d.

For a copious notice of these Memoirs, see Quarterly Review, vol. 25, p. 392.

WALDEN, Richard. Poems. Lond. 1662-64, 12mo.

Privately printed. Sotheby's, Dec., 1861, 67. 2s. 6d. This rare volume contains Io RUMINANS, or the Repercussion of a Triumph celebrated in the Palace of Diana Ardenna. By the Rustic Muse of R. W. Printed Anno Virginis parturientis, 1662. Collation.-Title, 1 leaf, Dedication to Mrs. Anne Gibbs (who personated Gertrude in 'Tu Quoque,' Hareb's wife in Mad world my Masters,' Rosinda in Young Admirall,' Dionysia in' All's lost by lust,' A Lady in 'Merry Milkmaid,' Lucretia in 'Rape of Lucrece,' July, 1661, at the quondam Antelope, (now King's Arms, in Holywell, Oxon.), 1 leaf, and then paged 7 to 21, in all 10 leaves. NAAEOA, or the Deplumation of Mrs. Anne Gibbs of those furtivous perfections whereof she was supposed a Proprietary by Envious Fame. Deplored by her (once) Admirer, R. W. 1662, title, 1 leaf, pp. 1-3, together 3 leaves. FAMA

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VAPULANS, occasioned by the Retraction of his precipitate censure of Mrs. Anne Gibbs, by her real convert and Admirer, R. W. 1662, title, 1 leaf, pp. 1-7, together 5 leaves. PARNASSUS ABORIENS, or Some Sparks of Poesie by R. W. Philomas. Lond. printed in the year 1664, title, 1 leaf, and pp. 1-30, or 16 leaves. Now in the possession of Henry Huth, Esq.

WALDEN, or WALDENSIS, Thomas. Doctrinale Antiquitatum Fidei Ecclesiæ Catholicæ adversus Wiclevistas, Hussitas eorumque Sectatores. Paris, 1521-23, folio, 3 vols.

Salmanticæ, 1532-57, folio, 3 vols. Tenison, 1647, 27. 6s.-Venet. 1571, folio, 3 vols.-Recognitum et Notis illustratum a B. Blanciotto. Venet. 1757, folio, 3 vols. portrait. Nutt, 1857, 31. 3s.

The author was a Carmelite Monk, his name was Netter, but he altered it to the name of his birth-place, Walden, in Essex.

WALDENSES.

History of the Waldenses, with a Narrative of the Persecutions of the Protestants in the Valleys. Lond. 1655, 4to.

Details of the Valdenses in Piedmont and other countries, with abridged Translations of 'L'Histoire des Vaudois,' par Bresse, and La Rentrée Glorieuse d' Henri Arnaud. Lond. 1827, 8vo. with etchings.

The Waldenses, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny and Ban de la Roche. By William Beattie, M.D. Lond. Virtue, 1838, 4to. plates after W. H. Bartlett and W. Brockedon, published at 21.

For other works on the Waldenses, see ACLAND, Hugh Dyke, p. 6. FAGILLY, BER, George Stanley, p. 773. William S., p. 894. JONES, William, p. MORLAND, Sir S., p. 1614. RIN, John Paul, p. 1834. PIEDMONT, p.

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1863.

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WALDIE, Miss E. A. Sketches Descriptive of Italy in 1816-17. Lond. 1820, 12mo. 4 vols.

Miss Waldie was one of the talented sisters of the late John Waldie, Esq., of Hendersyde Park, near Newcastle. The other sister was Charlotte A. Waldie, afterwards married to Mr. Eaton, banker of Stamford. She wrote the following:

Rome in the Nineteenth Century. See ROME, p. 2124; and also The Days of Battle, or Quatre Bras and Waterloo. See WATERLOO.

WALDO, S. P. Biographical Sketches of distinguished Naval Heroes in the War of the (American) Revolution. Hartford, U.S. 1823, 8vo.

WALDRON, F. G. The Literary Museum; or ancient and modern Repository, comprising scarce and curious Tracts, Poetry, Biography, and Criticism. Lond. 1792, 8vo.

Dedicated to J. P. Kemble. Contents.

Of the ryht renounyde Ladyes,' by Lorde Morley. Gascoigne's Delicate, Diet for Droonkardes, 1596. Poems by Spenser, not in his collected works. Specimen of a new edition of Ben Jonson's works, viz.: Every Man in his Humour, with notes by Waldron. Heywood's King in the Country. Downes' Roscius Anglicanus, or Historical View of the Stage, with additions by Davies and Waldron. Ceremonies for Healing the King's Evil,

&c.

Bindley, pt. iii. 1928, 78. Nassau, pt. ii. 890, 8s. Bliss, pt. i. 5s. 6d.

The Virgin Queen; a Drama attempted as a Sequel to Shakspeare's Tempest.

tudes, more extensive and accurate than any hitherto published. Lond. 1794, 8vo. -Fourth edition, corrected and enlarged by an Appendix by the Rev. John Brinkley, D.D. The Tables brought up to 1823, by J. Marshall. Lond. 1822, 8vo. 4s.

See Cook, Capt. James, p. 515. FORSTER George, p.820.

WALES.-Anonymous Publications relating to Wales.

A Treatise containing the Equity of an humble Supplication, which is to be ex hibited vnto hir gracious Majesty, and this high Court of Parliament, in behalf of the Countrey of Wales, that some Order may be taken for the Preaching of the Gospel among those People. Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, 1587, 8vo. pages. Bliss, pt. i. 17. 8s.

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God's Warning to his People of Eng. land, by the great Overflowing of the Waters or Floudes, lately hapned in South-Wales, and many other Places. Wherein is described the great Losses and wonderfull Damages, that hapned thereby; by the Drowning of many Townes and Villages, to the utter Un Lond. by W. Barley and Jo. Bayly, 1607, dooing of many Thousandes of People. Lond. for the Author, 1797, 8vo. 4to. BLACK LETTER, 12 pp. A very cn. The Shakspearean Miscellany: containing a Collection of scarce and valu-rious and extraordinary relation, containable Tracts; Biographical Anecdotes of Theatrical Performers, with Portraits of ancient and modern Actors: Scarce and original Poetry; and Curious Remains of Antiquity. Printed chiefly from MSS. with occasional Notes by F. G. Waldron. Lond. 1802, 4to. Field, 568, 6s. Strettell, 1679, 9s. North, pt. iii. 557, 10s. 6d. Nassau, pt. iii. 1375, 15s. Bindley, pt. iii. 2015, 17. 4s.

See HARDING, S. and E.

p. 1232.

JONSON, Ben,

George. Works, containing Poems, Tracts, and a Description of the Isle of Man. Oxford, 1731, fol.

Sir Walter Scott has made great use of this work in his Peveril of the Peak. Towneley, pt. ii. 1694, 13s. LARGE PA PER. Sir M. M. Sykes, pt. iii. 1177,

10s. 6d.

History of the Isle of Man. Lond. 1744, 12mo. Reed, 6351, 6s.

WALES, Wm. Inquiry into the present State of Population in England and Wales; and the Proportion which the present Number of Inhabitants bears to the Number at former Periods. Lond. 1781, 8vo. 5s. The Method of finding the Longitude at Sea by Time-keepers: to which are added Tables of Equations to equal Alti

ing several particulars not to be found in English history, reprinted in the third volume of the Harleian Miscellany.

cut.

The Welshman's Postures. Lond. Heber, pt. vi. 3871, 1642, 4to. wood-cut. with the following 20 Tracts, 91. The The Welchman's Petition, 1642, with Welchman's publike Recantation, 1642. The Welch Plunderer, 1643, woodcut. The Welch Doctor, 1643. The Welch Ambassador, 1643, wood-cut; the same, 1649. The Welchman to the Archbishop of York, 1646. Copy of Welch Sermon preached before Prince Rupert, 1646. The Honest Welsh Cobler, 1647. Shon ap Morgan's Recantation, 1647, wood-cut. Crete Wonders foretold by Her Crete, Prophet of Wales, 1647, wood-cut. The Welsh Physician, 1647, Challenge of an Itinerant Preacher answered, 1652. News from Wales, 1652. Welsh Narrative corrected, a Dispute between Griffith and Powell, 1653. New Year's Gift for the Welsh Itinerants, or

Hue and Cry after Mr. V. Powell, 1654. Warning Peece for England, being a Jesuitical Design to Dismember Wales, 1655. Cambria Triumphans, a Foem, by Polsted, 1703. True Account of the Ancient Britons by J. L., 1716.

The Welsh Ambassadour, or the Happy Newes his worship hath brought to Lon don, with her thirteen Articles of Acree ments. Lond. 1643, 4to. with a frontis piece. Nassau, pt. ii. 1494, 15s. About

WALES-continued.

the period 1641-51, a great variety of tracts were published relating to Wales. Te Humple Remonstrances of Rice op Meredith, op Morgan, Shentilman of Wales; to te Parliaments of Enghelandes, and her cood Lord Shenerals, &c. Togeter with a fery brave new Ballacks or Sangs. Lond. by Robert Wood (1650),

4to. In the Grenville Collection.

The Welsh Traveller, or the Unfortunate Welshman. In verse. Lond. 1671,

12mo. BLACK LETTER.

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Welsh Legends, a Collection of popular Oral Tales. Lond. 1802, 12mo. White Knights, 4s. LARGE PAPER, in 8vo. 58. Manors and Royalties in the Princi pality of Wales. Lond. 1806, 4to. Privately printed.

Cambro-Briton (a Magazine), 3 vols. 1819-1822. Lond. (edited by the late John Humphrey Parry [father of the present Serjeant Parry]), 17, 10s.

The Utterson, 31. 18s. Wonderful Newes from Wales: or, a true Narrative of an old Woman (Jane Morgan) living near Lanselin in Denbighshire, whose Memory serves her to relate Northern Cambrian Mountains, or Tour what she hath seen and done 130 Years through North Wales. Lond. 1820, royal ago. Lond. 1677 4to. Eight pages. Re-folio, 38 coloured Views from drawings by printed in the sixth volume of the Har- Turner, Robson, De Wint, &c. leian Miscellany.

Wallography, or the Britton described. Lond. 1682. Towneley, pt. i. 800, 17. 1s. Some Account of Mines, Lond. 1721, 4to. A Collection of Welsh Travels and Memoirs of Wales. The whole collected by J. T., a mighty lover of Welsh Travels. Lond. 1738, 8vo. frontispiece. A Satire on Dean Swift. Heber, 12s.

Account of some of the most romantic Parts of N. Wales. Lond. 1777, 8vo.

Letters from Snowdon, descriptive of a Tour thro' the Northern Counties of Wales. Lond. 1777, 12mo.

A Month's Tour in N. Wales, Dublin, and its Environs. Lond. 1781, 8vo. 5s. Fonthill, 2570, 13s.

Translated Specimens of Welsh Poetry in English Verse, with some original Pieces and Notes, by John Walters, B.A. Lond. 1782, 8vo. 3s.

A Collection of Welsh Tours. Lond. 1793, 12mo.-1797,12mo. Fonthill, 2560, 17. A descriptive Tour through S. Wales. Lond. 1797, 8vo. 31 etchings. Fonthill, 733, 11. QUARTO. Towneley, 14s. 6d.

The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, collected out of ancient Manuscripts (in Welsh). Lond. 1801-7, 8vo. 3 vols. Sotheby's in 1825, 3 vols. 77. 10s. Chalmers, pt. i. 2063, 3 vols. 8. 7s. 6d. This valuable publication, embracing the works of eminent Bards and Historians, was col lected by Owain Myvyr (Owen Jones), father of the present Owen Jones, the celebrated designer, at a very considerable expense, and edited by him conjointly with Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams) and the eminent Welsh Philologist, Williams Owen Pughe.

A new edition of the Myvyrian Ar chæology of Wales, with English Translations, by the Rev. John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan, was some years ago advertised by W. Rees, of Llandovery, as

Ancient Laws of Cambria, translated from the Welsh by W. Probert. Manchester, 1823, 8vo.

the Mineral Basin of South Wales. 1825, Description of the Faults or Dykes of 4to. Part 1. 9s.

Cambrian Quarterly Magazine. Lond. 1829-33, 8vo. 27.

Tourist in Wales, comprising Views, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Antiquities, Seats of Nobility, Gentry, &c. With historical and topographical Notices. Lond. Virtue, n. d. royal 8vo. 50 plates.

Wales, illustrated in a series of nearly 200 Views engraved by H. Gastineau, with historical and topographical Descriptions. Lond. 1830, 4to. 2 vols. pub. at 2. Coelbren y Beirdd, or Ancient Bardic Alphabet, by Taliesin Williams. Llandovery, 1838, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Iolo Manuscripts, in prose and verse, a continuation of the Myvyrian Archæology. Llandovery, 1862, royal 8vo. 27. 2s.

Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Parts of the Marches, between 1586 and 1613, under the authority of Clarencieux and Norroy, by Lewis Dwn, Deputy Herald-at-Arms, edited, with notes, by Sir S. R. Meyrick. Llandovery, 1846, imperial 4to. plate of the Hirlas Horn and facsimiles of autographs, &c.

Leges Wallicæ. See WOTTON, Wm.

LIVES OF WELSH SAINTS, by Dr. Rees, 10s. 6d.; and of CAMBRO-BRITISH SAINTS, by the same, 11, 11s. 6d.; the LITERATURE OF THE KYMRY, by Thomas Stephens, 12s. 6d.; THE MABINOGEON, or ancient Romances of Wales, 3 vols. 31. 3s., and other Welsh works will be found in the Catalogue of Mr. Rees, bookseller, Llandovery.

See Agricultural Surveys. CARADOC. DAVIES, John. ENDERBIE, Percy. EVANS, Evan John and Thomas. GROSE, F.

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