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A18560 The assemblie of foules Here foloweth the assemble of foules veray pleasaunt and compendyous to rede or here compyled by the preclared and famous clerke Geffray Chaucer.; Parliament of fowls Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; Copland, Robert, fl. 1508-1547. 1530 (1530) STC 5092; ESTC S104965 12,078 30

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