Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A50399
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Upon the death of his late highness, Oliver lord protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging
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Mayhew, Thomas.
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1658
(1658)
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Wing M1445A; ESTC R213835
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903
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