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The scourge of basenesse. Or, The old lerry with a new kicksey, and a new cum twang with the old winsye. : VVherein Iohn Taylor hath curried or clapperclawed, neere a thousand of his bad debters, who will not pay him vpon his returnes from Scotland, Germany, Bohemia, the voyages of the paper boate, and his nauigations to Yorke and Salsbury with Oares

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1624.
Call number: 69655
Creator: Taylor, John (1580-1653)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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