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A13415 All the vvorkes of Iohn Taylor the water-poet Beeing sixty and three in number. Collected into one volume by the author: vvith sundry new additions corrected, reuised, and newly imprinted, 1630.; Works Taylor, John, 1580-1653.; Cockson, Thomas, engraver. 1630 (1630) STC 23725; ESTC S117734 859,976 638

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