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A28934 The Negotiations of the embassadors sent to the Duke of Savoy by the Protestant Swiss-Cantons, in favour of the distressed Vaudois wherein there are many things very curious, and some letters never before published / translated out of French. Boyer, P. (Pierre), 1619-ca. 1700. 1691 (1691) Wing B3919B; ESTC R43065 46,787 171

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