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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barley-break". Encyclopædia Britannica . 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 406. - ↑ Renaissance Love Songs: see discussion of Morley madrigal
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