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A50829 A relation of three embassies from His Sacred Majestie Charles II, to the great Duke of Muscovie, the King of Sweden, and the King of Denmark performed by the Right Hoble. the Earle of Carlisle in the years 1663 & 1664 / written by an attendant on the embassies ... Miege, Guy, 1644-1718? 1669 (1669) Wing M2025; ESTC R15983 195,535 475

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