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A73575 The marchants avizo Very necessarie for their sonnes and seruants, when they first send them beyond the seas, as to Spaine and Portingale or other countreyes. Made by their hartie wellwiller in Christ. I.B. marchant. J. B. (John Browne), 1526?-1595. 1589 (1589) STC 3908.4; ESTC S124654 29,085 78

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