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A70217 A trve and briefe relation of the bloody battel of Nievport in Flanders found betwixt Prince Mavrice of happy memory and Albert arch-duke of Avstria vpon the second of Iuly 1600 Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? 1641 (1641) Wing H1656A; ESTC R40974 18,700 14

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