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A42725 Nevves from Poland wherein is declared the cruell practice of the popish clergie against the Protestants, and in particular against the ministers of the city of Vilna, in the great dukedome of Lithuania, under the governement of the most illustrious prince, Duke Radziwell / faithfully set downe by Eleazar Gilbert ... Gilbert, Eleazar. 1641 (1641) Wing G705; ESTC R9201 20,227 38

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