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A62222 New memoirs and characters of the two great brothers, the Duke of Bouillon and Mareschal Tvrenne written in French by James de Langlade, Baron of Saumières ; made English.; Mémoires de la vie de Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, avec quelques particularitez de la vie et des moeurs de Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vte. de Turenne. English Saumières, Jacques de Langlade, baron de, ca. 1620-1680.; King, William, 1663-1712. 1693 (1693) Wing S740; ESTC R8529 68,371 157

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