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A16858 The complaynt of Roderyck Mors, somtyme a gray fryre, vnto the parliament howse of Ingland his natural cuntry for the redresse of certen wicked lawes, euel customs ad [sic] cruell decreys. A table wherof thou shalt fynde in the nexte leafe. Brinkelow, Henry, d. 1546. 1542 (1542) STC 3759.5; ESTC S106579 46,602 126

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