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A06785 The center of The circle of commerce. Or, A refutation of a treatise, intituled The circle of commerce, or The ballance of trade, lately published by E.M. By Gerard Malynes merchant Malynes, Gerard, fl. 1586-1641. 1623 (1623) STC 17221; ESTC S111905 76,643 152

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