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A14893 A lyttle treatyse called the image of idlenesse conteynynge certeyne matters moued betwene Walter Wedlocke and Bawdin Bacheler. Tra[n]slated out of the Troyane or Cornyshe tounge into Englyshe, by Olyuer Oldwanton, and dedicated to the Lady Lust.; Image of idleness. Oldwanton, Oliver. 1555 (1555) STC 25196; ESTC S107597 42,681 103

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