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A44449 The triumphs of peace, or, The glories of Nassaw a Pindarick poem, occasioned by the conclusion of the peace between the Confederacy and France / written at the time of His Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin in Ireland, by Mr. John Hopkins. Hopkins, John, fl. 1700. 1698 (1698) Wing H2749; ESTC R18480 13,890 104

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