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B14451 Foure letters one from the Duke of Bouillon to the French King. Dated in Feb. 1619. Another from the French King to the Duke of Espernon. Dated the 11. of Ian. 1619. Two other from the Duke of Espernon to the French King, the one dated the 17. of Ian the other the 7. of Feb. 1619. Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, Duc de, 1555-1623. aut; Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643. aut; Epernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d', 1554-1642. aut 1619 (1619) STC 15528; ESTC S100260 5,680 15

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