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A25618 An account of the private league betwixt the late King James the Second, and the French king in a letter from a gentleman in London, to a gentleman in the countrey. Allix, Pierre, 1641-1717.; Gentleman in London. 1689 (1689) Wing A344; ESTC R1701 13,039 19

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