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A34847 Acteon & Diana with a pastoral storie of the nimph Oenone followed by the several conceited humours of Bumpkin the huntsman, Hobbinal the shepherd, Singing Simpkin, and John Swabber the seaman / by Rob. Cox, acted at the Red Bull with great applause. Cox, Robert, d. 1655. 1656 (1656) Wing C6711; ESTC R693 26,711 62

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