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A70580 A general chronological history of France beginning before the reign of King Pharamond, and ending with the reign of King Henry the Fourth, containing both the civil and the ecclesiastical transactions of that kingdom / by the sieur De Mezeray ... ; translated by John Bulteel ...; Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France. English. Mézeray, François Eudes de, 1610-1683.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683. 1683 (1683) Wing M1958; ESTC R18708 1,528,316 1,014

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