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B03260 An elegy to the memory of the Right Houorable [sic] Thomas Earl of Ossory, who depated [sic] this life, July the 30th. 1680. True lover of his vertues. 1680 (1680) Wing E451; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[130]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[109]; ESTC R36195 1,308 1

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