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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1626
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Circounded, p.p. [e.m.E. circunde (1578), L. circumdare.] Surrounded. —1626 Garden Worthies 142.
On Neptuns back my barge seem'd sett secure, While with the lions love it sail'd circounded
