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A54672 The original and growth of the Spanish monarchy united with the House of Austria extracted from those chronicles, annals, registers, and genealogies that yeild [sic] any faithful representation how the houses of Castile, Aragon and Burgundy became knit and combin'd by Thomas Philipot ... Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. 1664 (1664) Wing P1998; ESTC R2459 116,519 274

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