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A27402 The history of the famous Edict of Nantes containing an account of all the persecutions that have been in France from its first publication to this present time : faithfully extracted from all the publick and private memoirs, that could possibly be procured / printed first in French, by the authority of the states of Holland and West-Friezland, and now translated into English.; Histoire de l'édit de Nantes. English Benoist, Elie, 1640-1728. 1694 (1694) Wing B1898; ESTC R4319 1,288,982 1,631

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