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A37096 The Dutch Nebuchadnezzar, or, A Strange dream of the States-General with the interpretation thereof : and a famous prophecy of Mr. Powel, writ in the first year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth of ever blessed memory, fore telling the great warrs betwixt England, France, and Holland, this present year, 1666 : and the displaying of the English ensigns upon the French coast, with a great battel to be fought on the tenth day of June next, wherein the English shall become victorious, and twelve French lords, and many thousands of their men to be killed in this engagement. 1666 (1666) Wing D2903; ESTC R41102 3,290 8

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