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A27500 A true and perfect relation of all the severall skirmishes, brave exploits, and glorious victories obtained by the English Protestants, over the Irish rebels, when they raised the siege of Tredagh collected by Doctor Barnard, ... and presented to the honourable House of Commons, on Wednesday the 23 of March, 1641. Bernard, Nicholas, d. 1661. 1641 (1641) Wing B2019; ESTC R18826 4,623 10

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