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A66609 The Wiltshire ballad, or, A new song compos'ed by an old cavalier of the wonders at Sarum, by which doth appear, that the old devil came again lately there, to raise a rebellion, by way of petition, but by musicks divine and powerful charms, which Satan and saints abhor, such alarms were made, that he fled, and they all kept from harms. 1680 (1680) Wing W2958; ESTC R39767 1,677 1

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