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A54909 The history of the persecutions of the Protestants by the French king in the principality of Orange from the year 1660 to the year 1687 with a particular account of the author's fall through the violence of the persecution / written by Monsieur Pineton.; Larmes. English. Selections. 1689. Chambrun, Jacques Pineton de, 1637-1689. 1689 (1689) Wing P2265; ESTC R24057 71,622 78

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