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A50081 Microcosmography, or, Speculum mundi being a glasse for worldlings, a sermon preached at the funeral of the right worshipfull Spencer Lucy, Esq. at Charlecote, August 11, 1649 / by Christopher Massey. Massey, Christopher, b. 1618? 1650 (1650) Wing M1030; ESTC R28813 17,093 29

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