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A07222 A nevv post vvith soueraigne salue to cure the worlds madnes. Expressing himselfe in sundrie excellent essayes or wittie discourses. A marke exceeding necessary for all mens arrowes: whether the great mans flight, the gallants rouer. the wisemans prickeshaft, the poore mans butshaft, or the fooles birdbolt, quantus in orbe dolus. By Sir I.D. Knight.; Reasons academie Mason, Robert, 1571-1635.; Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626. 1620 (1620) STC 17620.3; ESTC S109376 40,379 124

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