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A49598 The memoirs of the Duke de La Rochefoucault containing the private intrigues for obtaining the regency after the death of Louis the Thirteenth, King of France, the wars of Paris and Guienne, the imprisonment of the princes, Cardinal Mazarin's letter to Monsieur de Brienne, articles agreed upon by His Royal-Highness and Monsieur le Prince for the expulsion of Cardinal Mazarin, an apologie for the Duke de Beaufort, memoirs of Monsieur de la Chastre.; Mémoires. English La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680.; Girard, Guillaume, d. 1663.; Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703. 1683 (1683) Wing L451A; ESTC R12738 174,323 448

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