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A71204 The history of the revolution in Portugal in the year, 1640, or, An account of their revolt from Spain and setting the crown on the head of Don John of Braganza, father to Don Pedro, the present king and Catharine, Queen Dowager of England / written in French by the excellent pen of the Abbot Vertot ... ; and done into English.; Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal en 1640. English Vertot, abbé de, 1655-1735. 1700 (1700) Wing V272; Wing H2177; ESTC R43002 41,466 186

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