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A34770 The memoirs of the Count de Rochefort containing an account of what past most memorable, under the ministry of Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin, with many particular passages of the reign of Lewis the Great / made English from the French.; Mémoires de Mr. L. C. D. R. English Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien, 1644-1712.; Rochefort, Charles-César, comte de. 1696 (1696) Wing C6600; ESTC R20997 329,891 458

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