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A55355 Memoirs of the Sieur De Pontis who served in the army six and fifty years under King Henry IV, Lewis the XIII, and Lewis the XIV containing many remarkable passages relating to the war, the court, and the government of those princes / faithfully Englished by Charles Cotton. Pontis, Louis, sieur de, 1583-1670.; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687. 1694 (1694) Wing P2807; ESTC R33977 425,463 306

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