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A40845 The famous conclave : wherein Clement VIII was elected Pope with the intrigues and cunning devices of that ecclesiastical assembly / faithfully translated out of an Italian manuscript found in one of the cardinals studies after his death. Garencières, Theophilus, 1610-1680. 1670 (1670) Wing F367; ESTC R19618 28,881 42

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