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A16139 [Most rare and straunge discourses, of Amurathe the Turkish emperor that now is with the warres betweene him and the Persians: the Turkish triumph, lately had at Constantinople.]; Epistola Constantinopoli recens. English Billerbeg, Franciscus de. 1584 (1584) STC 3060; ESTC S109048 32,921 54

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