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A14984 VVestward for smelts. Or, the vvater-mans fare of mad-merry vvestern wenches whose tongues albeit like bell-clappers, they neuer leaue ringing, yet their tales are svveet, and will much content you. VVriten by Kinde Kit of Kingstone. Kinde Kit, of Kingstone. 1620 (1620) STC 25292; ESTC S101857 31,657 44

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