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A33819 A Collection of letters and poems microform / written by several persons of honour and learning, upon divers important subjects, to the late Duke and Dutchess of Newcastle. Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.; Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676. 1678 (1678) Wing C5146; ESTC R40847 83,981 186

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