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A02092 A disputation, betweene a hee conny-catcher, and a shee conny-catcher whether a theefe or a whoore, is most hurtfull in cousonage, to the common-wealth. Discouering the secret villanies of alluring strumpets. With the conuersion of an English courtizen, reformed this present yeare, 1592. R.G. Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592. 1592 (1592) STC 12234; ESTC S105909 39,793 48

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