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B03285 An elegy upon the unfortunate death of Captain William Bedloe, who departed this life, on Fryday the twentieth of August. 1680. 1680 (1680) Wing E491; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[9]; ESTC R36216 1,204 1

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