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A12545 Sir Thomas Smithes voiage and entertainment in Rushia With the tragicall ends of two emperors, and one empresse, within one moneth during his being there: and the miraculous preseruation of the now raigning emperor, esteemed dead for 18. yeares. Smith, Thomas, Sir, 1558?-1625. 1605 (1605) STC 22869; ESTC S111002 46,009 102

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