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A85853 Funerals made cordials: in a sermon prepared and (in part) preached at the solemn interment of the corps of the Right Honorable Robert Rich, heire apparent to the Earldom of Warwick. (Who aged 23. died Febr. 16. at Whitehall, and was honorably buried March 5. 1657. at Felsted in Essex.) By John Gauden, D.D. of Bocking in Essex. Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1658 (1658) Wing G356; Thomason E946_1; ESTC R202275 99,437 136

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