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A61059 Batt upon Batt A poem upon the parts, patience, and pains, of Barth. Kempster, clerk, poet, cutler, of Holy-Rood-Parish in Southampton. By a person of quality. To which is annexed the vision, wherein is described Batt's person and ingenuity; with an account of the antient and present state and glory of Southampton. By the same author. Dedicated to the gentry of Hampshire, for their diversion: but more especially to the inhabitants of Southampton. Speed, John, 1628-1711.; Speed, John, 1628-1711. Vision. 1690 (1690) Wing S4889; ESTC R221747 6,194 13

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