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"Date of this the earliest known edition, 1533 "
Original title: A mery play betwene Johan Johan the husbande/ Tyb his wyfe/ & syr Jhan the preest
[Colophon: Imprynted by Wyllyam Rastell/ the .xii day of February the yere of our lord MCCCCC and XXXIII ...]
"Attributed, with some show of reason, to John Heywood, though there is no absolute certainty in the matter."
3 p. l., 29 cm
"Date of this the earliest known edition, 1533 "