CORNISH CHARACTERS

AND STRANGE EVENTS BY S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

WITH 62 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCED FROM OLD PRINTS, ETC.

"We all are men, In our own natures frail, and capable Of our flesh; few are angels."

Henry VIII (Act V, Sc. 2).

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