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A16682 A strappado for the Diuell Epigrams and satyres alluding to the time, with diuers measures of no lesse delight. By Misosukos, to his friend Philokrates. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. 1615 (1615) STC 3588; ESTC S106309 140,723 366

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