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A92748 Funeral sermon at the interrment of the very great and noble Charles late Earl of Southeske who died at his castle of Leuchars in the shire of Fife, upon the 9th. of August. And was interr'd at his burial-place near his house of Kinnaird in the shire of Angus, upon the 4th. of October 1699. By R.S. D.D. Scott, Robert, D.D. 1699 (1699) Wing S2081; ESTC R229815 16,859 28

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