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A27364 Abrahams interment, or, The good old-mans buriall in a good old age opened in a sermon at Bartholomews Exchange, July 24, 1655, at the funerall of the worshipfull John Lamotte, Esq., sometimes alderman of the city of London / by Fulk Bellers ... ; unto which is added a short narrative of his life and death. Bellers, Fulk, b. 1605 or 6.; La Motte, John, 1570?-1655. 1656 (1656) Wing B1826; ESTC R18215 32,052 49

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