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A02817 The historie of graunde Amoure and la bell Pucel, called the Pastime of plesure co[n]teining the knowledge of the seue[n] sciences, [and] the course of mans life in this worlde. Iuuented [sic] by Stephen Hawes, grome of kyng Henry the seuenth his chamber.; Pastime of pleasure Hawes, Stephen, d. 1523? 1554 (1554) STC 12950; ESTC S106025 88,700 218

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