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B03158
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An elegy on that famous sea-commander Michael De Ruyter, lieutenant admiral of the United Netherlands, &c. vvho lately died of his wounds, received in the engagement between the Dutch and French fleets near Sicily.
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1676
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Wing E362; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[133]; ESTC R36174
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