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A05300 The laboryouse iourney [and] serche of Iohan Leylande, for Englandes antiquitees geuen of hym as a newe yeares gyfte to Kynge Henry the viij. in the. xxxvij. yeare of his reygne, with declaracyons enlarged: by Iohan Bale Leland, John, 1506?-1552.; Bale, John, 1495-1563. aut 1549 (1549) STC 15445; ESTC S108451 38,192 130

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