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A11434 Virtus post funera viuit or, Honour tryumphing over death Being true epitomes of honorable, noble, learned, and hospitable personages. By VVilliam Sampson.; Virtus post funera vivit. Sampson, William, 1590?-1636. 1636 (1636) STC 21687; ESTC S110636 32,683 73

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