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A38923 An Exact journal of the siege of Tangier from the first sitting down of the Moors before it on March 25, 1680 : to the late truce, May 19, following : in three letters / written by three eye-witnesses of the whole transaction. 1680 (1680) Wing E3649; ESTC R8717 10,856 16

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