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A91712 France no friend to England. Or, The resentments of the French upon the success of the English. As it is expressed in a most humble and important remonstrance to the King of France, upon the surrendring of the maritime ports of Flanders into the hands of the English. Wherein, much of the private transactions between Cardinal Mazarin and the late Protector Oliver, are discovered. Translated out of French.; Très humble et très importante remonstrance au roi, sur le remise des places maritimes de Flandres entre les mains des Anglois. English. Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi de, 1613-1679. 1659 (1659) Wing R1186; Thomason E986_21; ESTC R203406 16,767 27

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