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B03258 An elegie to the memory of Richard Earl of Tyrconnel, late Deputy of Ireland, and General of the bog-trotting army, who departed this life in Limerick, on Tuesday August the 8th. 1691. 1691 (1691) Wing E450; ESTC R171922 1,264 1

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