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A09665 The deposition of Don Diego Piementellj, cheefe maister of one regiment of the campe of the King of Spayne as hee deposed before, and in the presence of the chiefest lords of the counsaile of the Haghe in Holland. Translated out of Dutch into English, by F.M.; Breeder verclaringhe van Don Diego de Piementel. English Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, Diego, 16th/17th cent.; F. M., fl. 1588. 1588 (1588) STC 19935; ESTC S114794 7,955 16

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