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A17477
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A nevv booke intituled the blasinge of bawdrie Daylie procured by Beldame B. principall broker of all iniquitie. Geuen for a Newyeares gyfte, aswell to all suche: in whose charge, the due punishment ther of is co[m]mitted: as also to all other that may reap co[m]modytie by lothyng their practises, either by readyng, or hearyng of the same. By R.C. citizen.1574
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R. C., fl. 1574.
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1574
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STC 4295; ESTC S108205
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6,071
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22
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A66814
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The witty jests and mad pranks of John Frith commonly called, the merry-conceited-mason, brother and fellow-traveller : with Captain James Hinde the famous high-way-man.
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Frith, John.
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1673
(1673)
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Wing W3239A; ESTC R14984
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8,796
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24
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A14322
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The right way to heauen and the true testimonie of a faithfull and loyall subiect. Compiled by Richard Vennard of Lincolnes Inne.
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R. V. (Richard Vennard), d. 1615?
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1601
(1601)
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STC 24637; ESTC S120185
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25,162
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65
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A90620
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The triumphs of love: chastitie: death: translated out of Petrarch by Mris Anna Hume.; Trionfi. Selections. English
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.; Hume, Anna.
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1644
(1644)
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Wing P1873; Thomason E1164_2; ESTC R208709
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32,367
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111
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A91558
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A present for youth, and example for the aged, or, The remains of Damaris Pearse containing her speech after she kept her bed, and a copy of a written paper, of her own composing, which she left as her last legacy to her brothers and sisters, and was the last thing that ever she wrote : and also several pious expressions, occasionally uttered in her last sickness, worth minding : together with her funeral-sermon, preached by a reverend minister of the Gospel.
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Pearse, Damaris, 1659-1679.
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1683
(1683)
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Wing P969C; ESTC R43889
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49,302
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145
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A59410
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The amorous bigotte with the second part of Tegue O Divelly : a comedy ... / written by Tho. Shadwell ...; Amorous bigotte
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Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.
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1690
(1690)
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Wing S2835; ESTC R18410
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51,084
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60
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A54823
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Christ alone our life The great case of every man's life and death determin'd by the sentence of God, in 1 John 5.12. Opened and applied in a sermon preach'd in the Sessions-House at Northampton, Sept. 9th. 1690. to some prisoners the day before their execution: and now published with enlargements, for the further benefit and service of souls. With a narrative of the behaviour of the prisoners. By Edward Pierce, M.A. rector of Cottesbrook in Northampton-shire.
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Pierce, Edward, d. 1694.
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1691
(1691)
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Wing P2161; ESTC R218929
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83,820
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193
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A04494
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The golden trade: or, A discouery of the riuer Gambra, and the golden trade of the Aethiopians Also, the commerce with a great blacke merchant, called Buckor Sano, and his report of the houses couered with gold, and other strange obseruations for the good of our owne countrey; set downe as they were collected in trauelling, part of the yeares, 1620. and 1621. By Richard Iobson, Gentleman.
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Jobson, Richard, fl. 1620-1623.
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1623
(1623)
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STC 14623; ESTC S107773
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101,832
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172
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A26535
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Æsop improved, or, Above three hundred and fifty fables, mostly Æsop's with their morals paraphrased in English verse : amounting to about one hundred and fifty more than do appear to have been so rendered by any other hand.
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Aesop.
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1673
(1673)
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Wing A742; ESTC R17851
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108,679
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244
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A28932
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The wise and ingenious companion, French and English, or, A collection of the wit of the illustrious persons, both ancient and modern containing their wise sayings, noble sentiments, witty repartees, jests and pleasant stories : calculated for the improvement and pleasure of the English and foreigners / by Mr. Boyer ...
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Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.
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1700
(1700)
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Wing B3918; ESTC R37125
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122,216
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252
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A66844
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The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex containing directions of behaviour, in all places, companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world Prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. By Hannah Woolley.
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Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver.
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1673
(1673)
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Wing W3276A; ESTC R204109
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139,140
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297
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A30685
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The four epistles of A.G. Busbequius concerning his embassy into Turkey being remarks upon the religion, customs, riches, strength and government of that people : as also a description of their chief cities, and places of trade and commerce : to which is added, his advice how to manage war against the Turks / done into English.; Legationis Turcicae epistolae quatuor. English
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Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
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1694
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Wing B6219; ESTC R14352
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216,533
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438
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A36037
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The lives, opinions, and remarkable sayings of the most famous ancient philosophers. The first volume written in Greek, by Diogenes Laertius ; made English by several hands ...; De vitis philosophorum. English
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Diogenes Laertius.
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1688
(1688)
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Wing D1516; ESTC R35548
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235,742
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604
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A80530
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Experience, historie, and divinitie Divided into five books. Written by Richard Carpenter, vicar of Poling, a small and obscure village by the sea-side, neere to Arundel in Sussex. Who being, first a scholar of Eaton Colledge, and afterwards, a student in Cambridge, forsooke the Vniversity, and immediatly travelled, in his raw, green, and ignorant yeares, beyond the seas; ... and is now at last, by the speciall favour of God, reconciled to the faire Church of Christ in England? Printed by order from the House of Commons.
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Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670?
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1641
(1641)
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Wing C620B; ESTC R229510
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263,238
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607
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A34505
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The downfal of Anti-Christ, or, A treatise by R.C.
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Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670?
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1644
(1644)
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Wing C620; ESTC R23897
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263,376
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604
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A44738
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Paroimiographia Proverbs, or, Old sayed savves & adages in English (or the Saxon toung), Italian, French, and Spanish, whereunto the British for their great antiquity and weight are added ... / collected by J.H., Esqr.
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Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
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1659
(1659)
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Wing H3098; ESTC R5378
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300,163
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349
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A01514
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The poesies of George Gascoigne Esquire; Hundreth sundrie flowres bounde up in one small poesie
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Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.
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1575
(1575)
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STC 11636; ESTC S102875
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302,986
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538
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A53048
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Natures picture drawn by fancies pencil to the life being several feigned stories, comical, tragical, tragi-comical, poetical, romanicical, philosophical, historical, and moral : some in verse, some in prose, some mixt, and some by dialogues / written by ... the Duchess of Newcastle.
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Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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1671
(1671)
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Wing N856; ESTC R11999
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321,583
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731
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A12461
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The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning. an⁰: 1584. to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.
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Smith, John, 1580-1631.; Barra, John, ca. 1574-1634, engraver.
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1624
(1624)
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STC 22790; ESTC S111882
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354,881
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269
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A89527
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Heptameron or the history of the fortunate lovers; written by the most excellent and most virtuous princess, Margaret de Valoys, Queen of Navarre; published in French by the privilege and immediate approbation of the King; now made English by Robert Codrington, Master of Arts.
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Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665.
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1654
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Wing M593; Thomason E1468_2; ESTC R208683
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403,927
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599
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A45754
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The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex a work never attempted before in English.
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N. H.; Dunton, John, 1659-1733.
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1694
(1694)
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Wing H99; ESTC R6632
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671,643
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762
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A16248
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The decameron containing an hundred pleasant nouels. Wittily discoursed, betweene seauen honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen.; Decamerone. English
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Florio, John, 1553?-1625, attributed name.
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1620
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STC 3172; ESTC S106639
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719,575
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777
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A32749
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The works of our ancient, learned, & excellent English poet, Jeffrey Chaucer as they have lately been compar'd with the best manuscripts, and several things added, never before in print : to which is adjoyn'd The story of the siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate ... : together with The life of Chaucer, shewing his countrey, parentage, education, marriage, children, revenues, service, reward, friends, books, death : also a table, wherein the old and obscure words in Chaucer are explained, and such words ... that either are, by nature or derivation, Arabick, Greek, Latine, Italian, French, Dutch, or Saxon, mark'd with particular notes for the better understanding of their original.; Works. 1687
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; Speght, Thomas, fl. 1600.; Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Siege of Thebes.
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1687
(1687)
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Wing C3736; ESTC R3920
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1,295,535
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731
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A03448
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The firste [laste] volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande conteyning the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest : the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first original of the Scottes nation till the yeare of our Lorde 1571 : the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the first originall of that nation untill the yeare 1571 / faithfully gathered and set forth by Raphaell Holinshed.
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Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?
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1577
(1577)
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STC 13568B; ESTC S3985
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4,747,313
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2,664
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