Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A39191
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An Elegy upon the death of Mr. Mason late minister of Water-Stratford, near Buckingham, who departed this life on Monday last, the 12th of this instant May, at his house called the New Noah's Ark, at Water-Stratford.
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Wing E466B; ESTC R34876
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