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A39387 The emperour and the empire betray'd by whom and how written by a minister of state residing at that court to one of the Protestant princes of the empire.; Empereur et l'empire trahis, et par qui & comment. English. 1682 Cerdan, Jean-Paul, comte de. 1682 (1682) Wing E716; ESTC R27323 33,952 136

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