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A32797 A discourse of the original, countrey, manners, government and religion of the Cossacks with another of the Precopian Tartars : and the history of the wars of the Cossacks against Poland.; Histoire de la guerre des Cosaques contre la Pologne. English Chevalier, Pierre, 17th cent.; Brown, Edward, 1644-1708. 1672 (1672) Wing C3800; ESTC R17946 66,376 210

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