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A09230 Merrie conceited iests of George Peele Gentleman sometimes a student in Oxford. Wherein is shevved the course of his life, how he liued: a man very well knowne in the citie of London, and elsewhere. Peele, George, 1556-1596. 1627 (1627) STC 19543; ESTC S110388 19,044 33

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