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B00463 The fabulous tales of Esope the Phrygian, compiled moste eloquently in Scottishe metre by Master Robert Henrison, & now lately Englished. ; Euery tale moralized most aptly to this present time, worthy to be read..; Aesop's fables. English. Selections. 1577 Aesop.; Henryson, Robert, 1430?-1506?; Smith, Richard, fl. 1587. 1577 (1577) STC 186.5; ESTC S90053 52,310 130

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