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    Tyranny of the Dutch against the English : wherein is exactly declared the (almost unvaluable) loss which the commonwealth of England hath sustained by their usurpation : and likewise the sufferings and losses of Abraham Woofe, then factor at Lantore, and others in the island of Banda / formerly collected in loose sheets by Mr. Woofe himself ; and now illustrated and extracted out of his papers by John Quarles.

    Woofe, Abraham | Date: 1653
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    L'imaginaire des épices : Italie médiévale, orient lointain / Aline Durel.

    Durel, Aline. | Date: [2006], ©2006
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    The warriors way: seeds for cultivating the timeless.

    Watkiss, Charmaine | Date: 2023 | Reference: 3358541i
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    By the King. A proclamation for garbling of spices, and other things garbleable.

    England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) | Date: M.DC.XXII. [1622]
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    A retailer of spices weighing out goods for a lady customer. Coloured etching.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 30886i

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United Kingdom
Corporation of London (England). Office of Garbling
Medieval
City of London (England). Office of Garbling
Spices

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