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A85703 This is a true copy of a letter, that Prince Griffith lately writ to the Lord Windsor; wherein the passages that happened betwixt them in Flaunders are truely related. Griffith, John, of Llyne.; Griffith, John, 1622?-1700, attributed name.; Marbles, Francis. 1650 (1650) Wing G2005; Thomason E590_2; ESTC R206325 8,884 8

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