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A20133 Strange histories, or, Songs and sonnets, of kinges, princes, dukes, lords, ladyes, knights, and gentlemen and of certaine ladyes that were shepheards on Salisburie plaine : very pleasant either to be read or songe, and a most excellent warning for all estates / by Thomas Delone. Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600. 1612 (1612) STC 6568; ESTC S1079 30,294 97

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