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A69184 Vox graculi, or Iacke Davves prognostication No lesse wittily, then wondrously rectified, for the eleuation of all vanity, villany, sinne, and surquedrie sublimate, keeping quarter in the courts, cities, and countries, of all Christendome; for this yeere 1623. Published by authority. Daw, Jack. 1622 (1622) STC 6386; ESTC S105207 38,764 80

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