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death_n mourn_v young_a youth_n 17 3 7.3819 4 false
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A84345 An eligie upon the universally-lamented death of the thrice noble and vertuous prince, Henry Duke of Gloucester 1660 (1660) Wing E492; Thomason 669.f.26[8]; ESTC R210772 1,758 1

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