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B02782 The history of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542 containing the lives and reigns of James the I, the II, the III, the IV, the V : with several memorials of state during the reigns of James VI and Charles I : illustrated with their effigies in copper plates. / by William Drummond of Hauthornden ; with a prefatory introduction taken out of the records of that nation by Mr. Hall of Grays-Inn. Drummond, William, 1585-1649.; Gaywood, Richard, fl. 1650-1680.; Hall, Mr. 1696 (1696) Wing D2199A; ESTC R175982 274,849 491

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