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A03136 A true and briefe relation of the famous seige of Breda beseiged, and taken in vnder the able and victorious conduct of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange, captaine generall of the States armie, and admirall of the seas, &c. Composed by Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the honorable Coronell Goring. Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573. Baronnie van Breda.; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1584-1647. 1637 (1637) STC 13265; ESTC S104008 46,456 76

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