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A30389 The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. in which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland, with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652 : together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I : never before published : all drawn out of, or copied from the originals / by Gilbert Burnet ; in seven books. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Selections. 1677. 1677 (1677) Wing B5832; ESTC R15331 511,397 467

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