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Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, illustration from Robin Goodfellow, his mad prankes and merry jests, 1628

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Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, illustration from Robin Goodfellow, his mad prankes and merry jests, 1628

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Courtesy of the Folklore Society Library, University College, London; photograph, R.B. Fleming

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