Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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B03273
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An elegy upon the death of that worthy gentleman Collonel Edward Cook who departed this life the 29th. of January. 1683/4.
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1684
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Wing E472; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[41]; ESTC R36266
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