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Nevves from sea, of tvvo notorious pyrats Ward the Englishman, and Danseker the Dutchman VVith a true relation of all or the most piraces [sic] by them committed vnto the sixt of Aprill. 1609.
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Nixon, Anthony, attributed name.
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STC 25022; ESTC S119452
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