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A42667 An encomium, or, Congratulatory poem occasionally written, upon the happy successes of Capt. Thomas Harman, Commander of His Majestie's friggate, the Tiger with an exact relation of his late signal victory off Cadis. T. G. 1674 (1674) Wing G62; ESTC R18384 2,648 1

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