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B06273 A true rllation [sic] of a most strange and wonderful tempest which hapned on the 29th of June 1680. at Newtowu [sic]-Stewart in Ireland. as it was communicated in a letter by a gentleman to his friend in London. 1680 (1680) Wing T2888A; ESTC R222924 669 1

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