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A37568 A sermon preach'd at the funeral of John Melford ... who dyed (aged eighteen years) the 21st day of June, through the sad occasion of a fall from a horse, and was buried ... the 27th day of the same month, 1692 / by Tho. Easton ... Easton, Thomas, b. 1661 or 2. 1692 (1692) Wing E107; ESTC R19705 19,674 31

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