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A52515 The Predictions of Nostradamus, before the year 1558, foretelling the trial and death of Charles I, the parliamentary and Protectorian government, the burning of London in sixty six, the great plague & Dutch War at the same time, King James departure, King William and Qu. Maries reign, the humiliation of the King of France by the Confederacy, the reformation of that kingdom, and the return of the French Protestants considered in a letter to a friend. 1691 (1691) Wing N1398; ESTC R16854 5,789 10

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