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B03197 An elegy on the death of Sir Nathanael Hern, Kt. An eminent alderman of the city of London, who dyed on Saturday, the 16th of this instant August, 1679. 1679 (1679) Wing E383; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[70]; ESTC R36078 1,820 1

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