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A00510 A sermon preached at Ashby De-la-zouch in the countie of Leicester at the funerall of the truely noble and vertuous lady Elizabeth Stanley one of the daughters and coheires of the Right Honourable Ferdinand late Earle of Derby, and late wife to Henrie Earle of Huntingdon the fifth earle of that familie. The 9. of February. Anno Dom. 1633. By I.F. I. F., fl. 1633.; Fletcher, Joseph, 1577?-1637, attributed name. 1635 (1635) STC 10644; ESTC S116875 15,055 48

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