Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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B03267
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An elegy upon that renowned hero and cavalier, the Lord Capel, who (for his loyalty) was barbarously murther'd in the Palace-Yard at Westminster, on the [blank] day of [blank] 16[blank] / Preserved by a loyal person; and never before printed.
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1683
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Wing E461; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[157]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[21]; ESTC R36259
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