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A29231 An excellent piece of conceipted poesy, divided into two subjects, A voice from the vault, and An age for apes with other exquisite ayers, and select fancies ... and extracted from the choicest wits of our age. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. 1658 (1658) Wing B4263; ESTC R12156 147,455 339

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