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A61701 The religion of the Dutch represented in several letters from a Protestant officer in the French army to a pastor and professor of divinity at Berne in Switserland ; out of the French.; Religion des Hollandois. English Stoppa, Giovanni Battista.; Davies, John, 1625-1693. 1680 (1680) Wing S5769; ESTC R8262 51,056 72

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