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A37095 The English lovers, or, A girle worth gold both parts, so often acted with general applause, now newly formed into a romance / by the accurate pen of I.D., Gent. Dauncey, John, fl. 1663.; Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. Fair maid of the west. 1662 (1662) Wing D289A; ESTC R9663 128,678 272

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