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MrBULKLEY in the Character of LADY DAINTYAn Ironmongers Wife have the Spleen! thou might as well have said her husband was a fine Gentleman.

THE

DOUBLE GALLANT:

OR, THE

SICK LADY'S CURE.

A

COMEDY,

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