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B01960 The cavalier's genius: being a proper new ballad. To the turne of, 'Ods bodikins chill work no more, and forty other good tunes. 1663 (1663) Wing C1573; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[32] 3,518 1

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