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A08990 Well met neighbour, or, A dainty discourse betwixt Nell and Sisse, of men that doe use their wives amisse, then all you good women their cases pitty, the cause you shall heare if you list to this ditty to the tune of Ragged and torne / M.P. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? 1640 (1640) STC 19281; ESTC S1616 1,788 2

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