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A29843 An elegiack essay humbly offered to the pious memory of Mr. Matthew Mead minister of the gospel of Stepney, who departed this life Octob. 16. 1699 by M.B. M. B. (M. Browne) 1699 (1699) Wing B5132; ESTC R27889 4,575 18

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