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The true description of a monsterous chylde, : borne in the Ile of Wight, in this present yeare of oure Lord God, M. D. LXIIII. the month of October, after this forme with a cluster of longe heare about the nauell, the fathers name is Iames Iohnsun, in the parys of Freswater.

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Main Author:	Barker, John, ballad writer
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Imprynted at London : In Fletestrete: at the sygne of the Faucon, by Wylliam Gryffith, and are to be solde at his shop in saint Dunstons churchyarde, in the west of London, the .viii. daye of Nouember. [1564]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Abnormalities, Human > Poetry > Early works to 1800. Monsters > Poetry > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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