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A34097 A generall table of Europe, representing the present and future state thereof viz. the present governments, languages, religions, foundations, and revolutions both of governments and religions, the future mutations, revolutions, government, and religion of christendom and of the world &c. / from the prophecies of the three late German prophets, Kotterus, Christina, and Drabricius, &c., all collected out of the originals, for the common use and information of the English. Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. 1670 (1670) Wing C5507A; ESTC R24277 200,382 315

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