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A28207 The four-legg'd elder, or, A true relation of a dog and an elder's maid to the tune of The lady's fall, or, Gather your rosebuds, and fourty other tunes. Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679. 1647 (1647) Wing B2965B; ESTC R35764 1,375 1

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