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A30351 The history of the persecution of the valleys of Piedmont containing an account of what hath passed in the dissipation of the churches and the inhabitants of the valleys, which happened in the year 1686. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1688 (1688) Wing B5796; ESTC R4741 43,851 53

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