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A25802 An account of the proceedings of His Majesties army in Scotland with the manner of the taking of Argile, together with a defeat that the Lord Ross gave to a party of the rebels commanded by Sir John Cochran : and also the proceedings of His Majesties forces in England. 1685 (1685) Wing A368; ESTC R9719 3,885 10

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