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B04727 A pleasant new ballad, shewing how Sir Iohn Armstrong and Nathaniel Musgrave fell in love with Lady Dacres daughter of the north; and of the strife that was between them for her, and how they wrought the death of one hundred men. To a new northern tune. 1663-1674? (1674) Wing P2556B; ESTC R181872 2,032 1

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