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A70739 Holland nightingale, or, The sweet singers of Amsterdam being a paraphrase upon the fable of the frogs fearing that the sun would marry / by J.O. Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. 1672 (1672) Wing O172D; ESTC R1858 2,093 1

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