Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n
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A25249
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An Account of the great defeat that Major General Kirk gave the Irish forces near Charlemont under the command of the Lord Strabane and Colonel Gordon O-Neal likewise the transactions of the late King James in Ireland since the arrival of His Grace the Duke de Schomberg.
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1689
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Wing A296A; ESTC R28925
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