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VVil: Bagnal's ghost. Or the merry devill of Gadmunton. : In his perambulation of the prisons of London. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gayton, Edmund, 1606-1666
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, : Printed by W. Wilson, for Thomas Johnson at the Golden-Key in St. Pauls Church-yard., 1655.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Prisons > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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