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B03141 An elegy in commemoration of the Right Worshipful Sir William Scroggs, late lord chief justice of His Majesties Court of Kings-Bench, who departed this life, the 25th of this instant October. 1683. 1683 (1683) Wing E351; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[137]; ESTC R36159 1,226 1

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