Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A11149
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For a funerall elegie on the death of Hugh Atwell, seruant to Prince Charles this fellow-feeling farewell : who died the 25 of Sept. 1621 / [by] Will. Rowley.
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Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?
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1621
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STC 21420.5; ESTC S3180
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