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A64195 A preter-plvperfect spick and span new nocturnall, or Mercuries weekly night-newes wherein the publique faith is published and the banquet of Oxford mice described. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. 1643 (1643) Wing T498; ESTC R690 12,385 21

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