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B02265 An elegie sacred to the memory of Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey Knight; whose body was lately found barbarously murthered, and since honourably interr'd, the 31th of October, 1678. Care, Henry, 1646-1688. 1678 (1678) Wing C513; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[112]; ESTC R8152 1,520 1

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