Observations upon the state of the 17 provinces and of France [manuscript], ca. 1630?

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Observations upon the state of the 17 provinces and of France [manuscript], ca. 1630?

Also included with Overbury's observations, on p. 21: A short view of the life of Henry the Third, being the beginning of Sir R.B. Cotton's work, published in 1627 (STC 5864); and breaks off in the midst of a sentence, at p. 24. Tipped in at end, A letter to a friend dissuading him from his attempt to marry a nun, possibly by Cleveland.

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