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A18367 The Booke of bulls, baited with two centuries of bold jests, and nimble-lies, or, A Combat betweene sence and non-sence, being at strife who shall infuse most myrth into the gentle-reader a treatise in variety of pleasure second to none ever yet printed in the English-tongue : wherein is contained nothing alreadie published / collected by A.S. Gent. Chamberlain, Robert, b. 1607.; A. S. 1636 (1636) STC 4941.5; ESTC S3430 50,005 286

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