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A50563 XII visions of Stephen Melish a Germane being such as concern the affairs now in agitation between the French King & the Pope. Translated by Albertus Otto Faber. Melish, Stephen.; Faber, Albert Otto, 1612-1684. 1663 (1663) Wing M1645; ESTC R217795 9,592 20

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