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A84338 An elligie upon the death of the Right Honourable Robert Devereux late Earle of Essex, Lord Generall of the Parliaments forces, who deceased the thirteene day of Sept. 1646. 1646 (1646) Wing E475; Thomason 669.f.10[83]; ESTC R210636 917 1

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