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B03926 The iolly pinder of Wakefield with Robin Hood, Scarlet, and Iohn. Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600. Noble acts newly found, of Arthur of the Table Round. 1674-1679? (1679) Wing J896A; ESTC R179003 2,334 1

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