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A01283 The strategemes, sleyghtes, and policies of warre, gathered togyther, by S. Iulius Frontinus, and translated into Englyshe, by Rycharde Morysine; Strategematica. English Frontinus, Sextus Julius.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556. 1539 (1539) STC 11402; ESTC S102662 73,047 226

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