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A38915 An Elegie on that great example of charity and vertue, the Right Honourable the Countess Dowager of Thanet who died on Monday the 14th of August instant, at the house belonging to that noble family in Aldersgate-Street. 1676 (1676) Wing E363A; ESTC R36176 1,437 1

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