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A18098 The Spanish colonie, or Briefe chronicle of the acts and gestes of the Spaniardes in the West Indies, called the newe world, for the space of xl. yeeres: written in the Castilian tongue by the reuerend Bishop Bartholomew de las Cases or Casaus, a friar of the order of S. Dominicke. And nowe first translated into english, by M.M.S.; Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias. English Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566.; M. M. S., fl. 1583. 1583 (1583) STC 4739; ESTC S104917 106,639 150

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