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A50854 The second part of The nights search, discovering the condition of the various fowles of night, or, The second great mystery of iniquity exactly revealed with the projects of these times : in a poem / by Humphrey Mill, author of The nights search.; Nights search. Part 2 Mill, Humphrey, fl. 1646. 1646 (1646) Wing M2058; ESTC R20278 80,892 185

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