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A66118 A sermon preach'd at the funeral of ... Lady Mary, daughter to Ferdinando, late Earl of Huntingdon, and wife to William Jolife of Caverswell-castle in the county of Stafford, Esq. ... Decemb. xii, 1678 by Samuel Willes ... Willes, Samuel, 1611-1684. 1679 (1679) Wing W2305; ESTC R20634 16,458 38

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