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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Thalia,) Thelya, Talia. [Cf. 17th c. Eng. Thalia (1656), f. the Gk.] Thalia, the eighth of the Muses, presiding over comedy and idyllic poetry. — a1500 Henr. Orph. 54.
Thelya [B. Talia] syne, quhilk can oure saulis bring To profund wit and grete agilitee
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