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A63890 Pallas armata, Military essayes of the ancient Grecian, Roman, and modern art of war vvritten in the years 1670 and 1671 / by Sir James Turner, Knight. Turner, James, Sir, 1615-1686? 1683 (1683) Wing T3292; ESTC R7474 599,141 396

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