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A97083 Britannicæ virtutis imago. Or, The effigies of true fortitude, expressed to the life, in the famous actions of that incomparable knight, Major Generall Smith, who is here represented, June, 1644. Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663. 1644 (1644) Wing W649; Thomason E53_10; ESTC R21145 21,181 34

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