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1/2 Wily Beguiled (14  March  1818) AnonymousA pleasant comedie, called Wily beguiled. The chief actors are these: a poor scholler, a rich fool, and a knave at a shift. 1653?
WG was probably reading this play in the following collection:
Hawkins, Thomas (editor)The origin of English drama: with explanatory notes. (3 volumes) 1773
WG's sale catalog lists:
Hawkins' (Tho.) Origin of the English Drama, illustrated by specimens, with explanatory Notes, 3 vols. Oxf. 1773 (item 279).

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