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A30887 The Shepheards kalender newly augmented and corrected.; Compost et kalendrier des bergiers. Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552.; Copland, Robert, fl. 1508-1547. 1656 (1656) Wing B713; ESTC R16875 141,038 199

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