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A30466 Some passages of the life and death of the right honourable John, Earl of Rochester who died the 26th of July, 1680 / written by his own direction on his death-bed by Gilbert Burnet ... Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1680 (1680) Wing B5922; ESTC R15099 49,660 204

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