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A90935 The heroine musqueteer: or, the female warrier A true history: very delightful, and full of pleasant adventures in the campagnes of 1676, & 1677. Translated out of French.; Héroïne mousquetaire. English Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720. 1678 (1678) Wing P3208B; ESTC R182016 70,427 245

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