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A07896 A courtly controuersie, betweene looue and learning Pleasauntlie passed in disputation, betweene a ladie and a gentleman of Scienna. Wherein is no offence offered to the vertuous nor any ill motion to delight the vicious. Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633. 1581 (1581) STC 18268; ESTC S120601 20,172 84

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