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A79540 A Christian and brotherly exhortation to peace: directed unto the soverain states of England, and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. And to the people of both nations. Translated out of the French copie, sent by a lover of peace from beyond sea. Lover of peace from beyond sea. 1653 (1653) Wing C3938; Thomason E725_14; ESTC R206769 13,829 21

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