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... Duke of Saxony . Gerunda , the Neapolitan , who knew the country well , and who were royalists and who not , who gullible and who acute , undertook to be the avant - coureur , the swear- ing witness and the trumpeter of this glorious ...
... Duke of Saxony . Gerunda , the Neapolitan , who knew the country well , and who were royalists and who not , who gullible and who acute , undertook to be the avant - coureur , the swear- ing witness and the trumpeter of this glorious ...
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... Duke of Saxony , would say , " and the Emperor and all Germany are arming , and the English are coming with their fleets and a hundred thousand Russians ; " and Colonna , as Grand - constable , would add , " and his holiness the Pope ...
... Duke of Saxony , would say , " and the Emperor and all Germany are arming , and the English are coming with their fleets and a hundred thousand Russians ; " and Colonna , as Grand - constable , would add , " and his holiness the Pope ...
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... Duke of Saxony . The two friends , chuckling at their good fortune and the stupidity of the Pugliesi , embarked and set sail : but here their luck ended . They had scarcely got out of the gulf , when they were attacked by pirates , and ...
... Duke of Saxony . The two friends , chuckling at their good fortune and the stupidity of the Pugliesi , embarked and set sail : but here their luck ended . They had scarcely got out of the gulf , when they were attacked by pirates , and ...
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