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A43690 Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P. Hickes, William, fl. 1671. 1686 (1686) Wing H1885; ESTC R216840 88,901 208

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