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A14194 The historie of the life and death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland; Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha. English. Abridgments Camden, William, 1551-1623.; Udall, William.; Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver. 1624 (1624) STC 24509A; ESTC S117760 156,703 264

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