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A03415 Tvvo bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft. Bancroft, Thomas, fl. 1633-1658. 1639 (1639) STC 1354; ESTC S100668 41,519 86

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