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A58136 Poetick miscellanies of Mr John Rawlet, B.D. and late lecturer of S. Nicholas Church in the town and county of New-Castle upon Tine Rawlet, John, 1642-1686.; White, Robert, 1645-1703. 1687 (1687) Wing R358; ESTC R20708 29,610 152

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