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B03146
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An elegy on Captain William Harman, late commander of His Majesties ship Guernsey. Occasioned by a former copy of verses on the same subject.
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1678
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Wing E355; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[116]; ESTC R36163
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