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... peace and wealth of the English crown was theirs , was brought by Sir Robert Carey , who had long ago received from James a sapphire ring , which was to be restored to him as a token that the Queen was really dead since it was needful ...
... peace and wealth of the English crown was theirs , was brought by Sir Robert Carey , who had long ago received from James a sapphire ring , which was to be restored to him as a token that the Queen was really dead since it was needful ...
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... peaceful . She took leave of him in the High Street of Edinburgh , and both shed tears , while the spectators in the street and from the windows , likewise sobbed and wept ! At Berwick - upon - Tweed , the first fortress belonging to ...
... peaceful . She took leave of him in the High Street of Edinburgh , and both shed tears , while the spectators in the street and from the windows , likewise sobbed and wept ! At Berwick - upon - Tweed , the first fortress belonging to ...
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... peace and wealth of the English crown was theirs , was brought by Sir Robert Carey , who had long ago received from James a sapphire ring , which was to be restored to him as a token that the Queen was really dead since it was needful ...
... peace and wealth of the English crown was theirs , was brought by Sir Robert Carey , who had long ago received from James a sapphire ring , which was to be restored to him as a token that the Queen was really dead since it was needful ...
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... peace and hating war , and preferring the Spaniards to the Dutch , but fearing to offend the large party in England who hated and abhorred Spain . This was in the eyes of Rosny a lamentable falling off from the grand alliance he had ...
... peace and hating war , and preferring the Spaniards to the Dutch , but fearing to offend the large party in England who hated and abhorred Spain . This was in the eyes of Rosny a lamentable falling off from the grand alliance he had ...
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... PEACE was really what James most cared for , and he therefore attended to Count d'Aremberg , the Flemish ambassador , in a way that began to alarm the national party . In fact he had given umbrage to many , as of course he could not ...
... PEACE was really what James most cared for , and he therefore attended to Count d'Aremberg , the Flemish ambassador , in a way that began to alarm the national party . In fact he had given umbrage to many , as of course he could not ...
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