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A67662 A Warning-piece to all drunkards and health-drinkers faithfully collected from the works of English and foreign learned authors of good esteem, Mr. Samuel Ward and Mr. Samuel Clark, and others ... Ward, Samuel, 1572-1643.; Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682. 1682 (1682) Wing W931; ESTC R8118 52,123 82

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