Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A52887
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A New ballad shewing how a Prince of England loved the Kings daughter of France and how the Prince was disasterously slain, and how the aforesaid Princess was afterwards married to a forester : the tune is Crimson velvet.
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1690
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Wing N572; ESTC R180893
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