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 Sag’itta’rius,Sag’ramour le De’sirus. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Sag’ittary.
 
A terrible archer, half beast and half man, whose eyes sparkled like fire, and struck dead like lightning. He is introduced into the Trojan armies by Guido da Colonna.   1
       
“The dreadful Sagittary
       
Appals our numbers.”
       
Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, v. 5
 


 Sag’itta’rius,Sag’ramour le De’sirus. 

 
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