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A87241 More victories lately obtained in Ireland. The successfull and victorious proceedings of the noble and faithfull Lord Inchiquin, Lord President of Munster, against the rebels there. Certified in three letters : two of them under his Lordships own hand, directed to the Honourable William Lenthall Esquire, Speaker to the honourable House of Commons : the third to an honourable member of the said House, from an eminent officer in the army. Inchiquin, Murrough O'Brien, Earl of, 1614-1674. 1647 (1647) Wing I134; Thomason E409_2; ESTC R204417 4,141 8

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