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A41993 A most pleasant comedy of Mucedorus the kings son of Valentia, and Amadine the kings daughter of Aragon with the merry conceits of Mouse : amplified with new additions, as it was acted before the Kings Majesty at Whitehall, on Shrove Sunday night by His Highness servants usually playing at the Globe.; Mucedorus. Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 1650 (1650) Wing G1829; ESTC R11499 26,654 47

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