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A26186 The lives of all the princes of Orange, from William the Great, founder of the Common-wealth of the United Provinces written in French by the Baron Maurier, in the year 1682, and published at Paris, by order of the French King ; to which is added the life of His present Majesty King William the Third, from his birth to his landing in England, by Mr. Thomas Brown ; together with all the princes heads taken from original draughts.; Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Hollande et des autres Provinces-Unies. English Aubery du Maurier, Louis, 1609-1687.; Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704. 1693 (1693) Wing A4184; ESTC R22622 169,982 381

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