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A09781 Howe one may take profite of his enmyes [sic], translated out of Plutarche; De capienda ex inimicis utilitate. English Plutarch.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546, attributed name. 1531 (1531) STC 20052; ESTC S110489 12,097 32

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