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A61854 A true relation of the cruelties and barbarities of the French upon the English prisoners of war being a journal of their travels from Dinan in Britany, to Thoulon in Provence, and back again ... / faithfully and impartially performed by Richard Strutton, being an eye-witness, and a fellow sufferer. Strutton, Richard. 1690 (1690) Wing S6018; ESTC R17656 70,729 66

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