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A17041 Brovvne his fiftie yeares practice. Or An exact discourse concerning snafflle-riding [sic], for trotting and ambling of all manner of horses whatsoeuer, from one degree to another, till they be perfit both for the trot and amble A subiect, neuer as yet pubished [sic] by any heretofore. By William Brovvne Gent. Browne, William, Gent, fl. 1624. 1624 (1624) STC 3913; ESTC S104834 28,210 49

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