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A07881 The first part of the elementarie vvhich entreateth chefelie of the right writing of our English tung, set furth by Richard Mulcaster. Mulcaster, Richard, 1530?-1611. 1582 (1582) STC 18250; ESTC S112926 203,836 280

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