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A16622 The historie of that vvise and fortunate prince, Henrie of that name the seventh, King of England With that famed battaile, fought betweene the sayd King Henry and Richard the third named Crookbacke, upon Redmoore neere Bosworth. In a poem by Charles Aleyn. Aleyn, Charles, d. 1640. 1638 (1638) STC 353; ESTC S100143 58,428 164

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