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A01997 tHis book is intituled confessio amantis, that is to saye in englysshe the confessyon of the louer maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...; Confessio amantis Gower, John, 1325?-1408. 1483 (1483) STC 12142; ESTC S106556 469,727 442

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