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A54670 An elegie offer'd up to the memory of His Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier and Lovaine, late generall of the Parliaments forces Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. 1646 (1646) Wing P1995; ESTC R40096 1,474 1

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