Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A14868
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A discourse of English poetrie Together, with the authors iudgment, touching the reformation of our English verse. By VVilliam VVebbe. Craduate [sic].
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Webbe, William.; Virgil. Bucolica. 1-2. English.
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1586
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STC 25172; ESTC S111629
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