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A95485 The Two unfortunate lovers. Or, A true relation of the lamentable end of John True and Susan Mease. Their lives this ditty doth relate. And how they dy'd unfortunate. The tune is, The brides burial. 1663-1674 (1674) Wing T3543; ESTC R233991 2,281 1

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