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A59921 Youths tragedy a poem drawn up by way of dialogue between [brace] Youth, the Devil, Wisdome, the Nuncius, Time, Death, the Soul : for the caution and direction of the younger sort / by T.S. T. S. (Thomas Sherman) 1671 (1671) Wing S3392; ESTC R37547 8,978 25

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