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A89400 A mournfull elegy upon the three renowned vvorthies Duke Hamilton, the Earle of Holland, and the ever to be honoured Lord Capel, who were tyranically murthered by a usurped illegall power of the wicked court of injustice, and pretended Parliament, upon Friday, the 9. of March, 1649. In the Palace-yard before Westminster-Hall-Gate. 1649 (1649) Wing M2987; Thomason 669.f.14[10]; ESTC R211063 2,313 1

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