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A12650 The triumphs ouer death: or, A consolatorie epistle, for afflicted mindes, in the affects of dying friends. First written for the consolation of one: but now published for the generall good of all, by R.S. the author of S. Peters complaint, and Mœoniæ his other hymnes Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595. 1595 (1595) STC 22971; ESTC S111055 19,504 40

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