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A94191 A synopsis, or contact view, of the life of John Armand, Cardinall of Richlieu, great favorite and minister of state to Lewis the 13th. King of France. To bee engraven on his tombe. First written in Latine, and now verbatim rendered English.; Joannis Armandi Plessaei Richelii ... Vitae synopsis inscribenda tumulo. English Morgues, Matthieu de, sieur de Saint-Germain, 1582-1670. 1643 (1643) Wing S6387; Thomason E90_10; ESTC R13130 3,395 8

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