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A20046 Lanthorne and candle-light. Or, The bell-mans second nights-walke In which he brings to light, a brood of more strange villanies than ener [sic] were till this yeare discouered. Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632. 1609 (1609) STC 6486; ESTC S109509 56,620 88

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