COVNTER-BLASTE
TO
Tobacco.
(WRITTEN BY KING JAMES I.)
EDITED BY
Edmund Goldsmid, F.R.H.S.
PRIVATELY PRINTED, EDINBURGH.
1884.
A Covnter-Blaste To Tobacco.
IMPRINTED AT LONDON
by R.B.
Anno 1604.
Transc...
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A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco
James, I
James VI of Scotland