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A29353 The merry jests of Smug the smith, or, The life and death of the merry divel of Edmonton with the pleasant pranks of Smug the smith, Sir John and mine host of the George about the stealing of venison : whereunto is added Mr. Peter's fables and Smugs ghost / by T. Brewer. T. B. (Thomas Brewer) 1657 (1657) Wing B4431; ESTC R30248 29,690 42

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