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A26396 A panegyric on our late sovereign Lady Mary Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, of glorious and immortal memory who died at Kensington, on the 28th of December, 1694 / by James Abbadie ...; Panegyrique de Marie, reine d'Agleterre, d'Ecosse, de France, et d'Irlande. English Abbadie, Jacques, 1654-1727. 1694 (1694) Wing A56; ESTC R6372 22,151 34

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