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A68068 A discou[rse] of the ciuile warres [and] late troubles in Fraunce, drawn into Englishe by Geffray Fenton, and deuided into three bookes ... Seene and allowed Serres, Jean de, 1540?-1598.; Fenton, Geoffrey, Sir, 1539?-1608. rans. 1570 (1570) STC 11271; ESTC S100266 87,061 236

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