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A79960 Monumentum Regale or a tombe, erected for that incomparable and glorious monarch, Charles the First, King of Great Britane, France and Ireland, &c. In select elegies, epitaphs, and poems. Cleveland, John, 1613-1658. 1649 (1649) Wing C4681; Thomason E1217_5; ESTC R208852 19,792 48

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