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A12775 Daphnaïda An elegie vpon the death of the noble and vertuous Douglas Howard, daughter and heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier. Dedicated to the Right honorable the Lady Helena, Marquesse of Northampton. By Ed. Sp. Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. 1591 (1591) STC 23079; ESTC S111271 9,622 24

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