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A75448 An Answer to tvvo Danish papers the one called Jus feciale armatae Daniae, the other, A manifest / faithfully translated out of the Latine original, which was published by the King of Swedens command. 1658 (1658) Wing A3456A; ESTC R42650 44,468 62

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