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English: A broadside ballad released in the late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century detailing the plot with anti-Catholic sentiments.

Opening text of the broadside ballad is as follows:

True Protestants I pray you do draw near
Unto this ditty lend attentive ear,
The lines are new although the subject's old
Likewise it is as true as e'er was told.

When James the First in England reigned King,

[...]
Date Probably between 1675 and 1696.
Source http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/20990/citation
Author Unknown (printed for P. Brooksby, I. Deacon, I. Blare, I. Back.)

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Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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