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A18528 The workes of Geffray Chaucer newlye printed, wyth dyuers workes whych were neuer in print before: as in the table more playnly doth appere. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.; Works Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; Thynne, William, d. 1546. 1542 (1542) STC 5069; ESTC S107198 1,080,588 770

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