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B00466 Newes from Brest. A diurnal of al that Sir Iohn Norreis hath doone since his last ariuall in Britaine : also of the taking in of the forte by Croyzon, and the names of such captaines gentlemen and others that were slaine and hurte in this seruice. 1594. Norris, John, Sir, 1547?-1597. 1594 (1594) STC 18654; ESTC S126223 6,103 16

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