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A07774 Philip Mornay, Lord of Plessis his teares For the death of his sonne. Vnto his wife Charlotte Baliste. Englished by Iohn Healey.; Lachrimae. English Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Healey, John, d. 1610. 1609 (1609) STC 18153; ESTC S112901 15,449 72

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