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VVits bedlam, : ----vvhere is had, whipping-cheer, to cure the mad

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1617.
Call number: 81463
Creator: Davies, John (1565?-1618)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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