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A20082 The seuen deadly sinnes of London drawne in seuen seuerall coaches, through the seuen seuerall gates of the citie bringing the plague with them. Opus septem dierum. Tho: Dekker. Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632. 1606 (1606) STC 6522; ESTC S105270 67,836 110

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