A Brief narrative of a strange and wonderful old woman that hath a pair of horns growing upon her head : giving a true account how they have several times after being shed, grown again : declaring the place of her birth, her education and conversation with the first occasion of their growth, the time of their continuance and where she is now to be seen, viz. at the sign of the Swan near Charing Cross.

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