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B03252 An elegy on the truly honourable, and most virtuous, charitable, and pious lady, Countesse of Devonshire, vvho lately departed this life, being a hundred and odd years of age, whose corps now lies in deserved state in Holbourn. 1675 (1675) Wing E442; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[38]; ESTC R36189 1,238 1

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