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A10440 Of gentylnes and nobylyte A dyaloge betwen the marchaut the knyght and the plowman dysputyng who is a verey gentylman [et] who is a noble man and how men shuld come to auctoryte, compiled in maner of an enterlude with diuers toys [et] gestis addyd therto to make mery pastyme and disport. Rastell, John, d. 1536. 1525 (1525) STC 20723; ESTC S104483 18,654 30

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