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A17961 Poems By Thomas Carevv Esquire. One of the gentlemen of the Privie-Chamber, and Sewer in Ordinary to His Majesty. Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?; Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639? Cœlum Britannicum.; Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652. 1640 (1640) STC 4620; ESTC S107383 70,156 270

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