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A59496 The history of King Richard the Second acted at the Theatre Royal under the name of The Sicilian usurper : with a prefatory epistle in vindication of the author, occasion'd by the prohibition of this play on the stage / by N. Tate. Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II. 1681 (1681) Wing S2921; ESTC R15526 39,736 70

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