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A21206 A new ballad, declaring the great treason conspired against the young king of Scots and how one Andrew Browne, an Englishman, which was the kings chamberlaine, preuented the same : to the tune of Milfield, or els to Greenesleeues / [by] VV. Elderton. Elderton, William, d. 1592? 1581 (1581) STC 7557.7; ESTC S3019 1,582 1

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