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An elegy on the late Duke of Monmouth

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Description: ESTC R15194 ; In verse ; Caption title;Imprint from colophon ; "This may be printed, R.L.S. July the 16th. 1685." ; Epitaph at end ; Signature: [A]² ; Text begins: "As saylors split on rocks, so restless man,"
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1685
Call number: 133186
Dimensions: 43 x 33 cm folded to 31 x 20 cm (broadsheet)
Associated people: Mallet, Elizabeth, (1616-1704,); L'Estrange, Roger, (1649-1685.); Monmouth, James Scott,
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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