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A52021 A new survey of the Turkish empire and government in a brief history deduced to this present time, and the reign of the now Grand Seignior, Mahomet the IV, the present and XIV emperor : with their laws, religion, and customs : as also an account of the siege of Newhausel. Marsh, Henry, fl. 1663-1664. 1663 (1663) Wing M729A; ESTC R15790 58,977 200

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