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A50498 A narrative of the principal actions occurring in the wars betwixt Sueden and Denmark before and after the Roschild Treaty with the counsels and measures by which those actions were directed : together with a view of the Suedish and other affairs, as they stood in Germany in the year 1675, with relation to England : occasionally communicated by the author to the Right Honourable George, late Earl of Bristol, and since his decease found among his papers. Meadows, Philip, Sir, 1626-1718.; Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677. 1677 (1677) Wing M1566; ESTC R36497 38,462 181

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