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A39822 Floddan field in nine fits being an exact history of that famous memorable battle fought between English and Scots on Floddan-hill in the time of Henry the Eighth anno 1513 : worthy the perusal of the English nobility.; Flodden feilde. 1664 (1664) Wing F1365; ESTC R3032 30,444 90

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