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- ↑ Shadwell, Charles (1715). The fair Quaker of Deal: or, the humours of the navy. A comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: printed for James Knapton, Bernard Lintott, and Jonas Browne.
