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A02101 Greenes ghost haunting conie-catchers wherein is set downe, the arte of humouring. The arte of carrying stones. Will. St. lift. Ia. Fost. law. Ned Bro. catch. and Blacke Robins kindnesse. With the conceits of Doctor Pinch-backe a notable makeshift. Ten times more pleasant than anything yet published of this matter. Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?; Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592. 1602 (1602) STC 12243; ESTC S118490 35,511 53

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