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A10235 A true relation, of the lives and deaths of two most famous English pyrats, Purser, and Clinton who lived in the reigne of Queene Elizabeth. Together with the particular actions of their takings, and undertakings with other pleasant passages which hapned before their surprizall worth the observing. Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. 1639 (1639) STC 20512; ESTC S120267 11,875 40

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