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A12605 Pandora, the musyque of the beautie, of his mistresse Diana. Composed by Iohn Soowthern Gentleman, and dedicated to the right Honorable, Edward Deuer, Earle of Oxenford, &c. 1584. Iune. 20 Southern, John, fl. 1584. 1584 (1584) STC 22928; ESTC S111056 12,018 31

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