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A64524 Whitehall, August 19. 1695, this morning came in an express from my Lord Berkeley with an account of the bombarding of Calais. Berkeley of Stratton, John Berkeley, Baron, 1663-1697. 1695 (1695) Wing T938; ESTC R5353 2,223 1

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