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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46312	A journal of the Siege of Mentz under the command of his serene high[ness] the Duke of Lorrain, and the confederate princes. Who attack'd that important place on the 21. of June, and took it on the 31. of August, in the year, 1689. With all the bravery, courage, resolution and prudence, as ever has been shewn in any nation. Written in the German tongue by an eminent officer, and translated into English from a manuscript sent to His Majesty, King William, of Great Britain.		1689 (1689)	Wing J1106; ESTC R217106	25,971	35

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