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A05975 The art of embattailing an army. Or, The second part of Ælians tacticks Containing the practice of the best generals of all antiquitie, concerning the formes of battailes. ... Englished and illustrated with figures and obseruations vpon euery chapter. By Captaine Iohn Bingham.; Tactica. English. Selections Aelianus.; Bingham, John, Captain.; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, engraver. 1631 (1631) STC 163; ESTC S106812 119,494 122

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