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A66698 The lives of the most famous English poets, or, The honour of Parnassus in a brief essay of the works and writings of above two hundred of them, from the time of K. William the Conqueror to the reign of His present Majesty, King James II / written by William Winstanley, author of The English worthies ... Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698. 1687 (1687) Wing W3065; ESTC R363 103,021 246

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