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A19384 Thomas Coriate traueller for the English vvits: greeting From the court of the Great Mogul, resident at the towne of Asmere, in easterne India. Coryate, Thomas, ca. 1577-1617. 1616 (1616) STC 5811; ESTC S108719 14,255 51

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