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A20463 Foure paradoxes, or politique discourses 2 concerning militarie discipline, written long since by Thomas Digges Esquire. 2 of the worthinesse of warre and warriors, by Dudly Digges, his sonne. All newly published to keepe those that will read them, as they did them that wrote them, from idlenesse. Digges, Thomas, d. 1595.; Digges, Dudley, Sir, 1583-1639. aut 1604 (1604) STC 6872; ESTC S109705 71,243 121

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diodor._n sicu_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 3._o vn_fw-fr gentle_a home_fw-fr de_fw-fr ville_fw-fr plutar_n in_o vita_fw-la dari_n dari_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o alexan._n alexan._n idem_fw-la in_o scipiet_fw-la leo_fw-la impera_fw-la cap._n 28.78_o i._o e._n cincinatus_n allude_v to_o caesar_n speech_n to_o the_o stranger_n plutar._n in_o vita_fw-la peric_n peric_n plutar._n plutar._n herodat_n in_o terpsichore_n terpsichore_n plutar._n in_o pyrrho_n pyrrho_n estate_n of_o english_a fugitive_n fugitive_n arist._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la a●nimi_fw-la cap._n 2._o 2._o lucan_n lib._n 3._o 3._o plutar_n libel_n contra_fw-la epicu_n epicu_n tit._n livi._n de._n 1_o lib._n 2._o 2._o osor._n de_fw-fr reb_fw-mi gestis_fw-la emanus_n histo_n lib_n 10_o 10_o plutar_n in_fw-la libel_n declaratione_fw-la lib_n lib_n idem_fw-la in_o lib_n de_fw-la dictis_fw-la et_fw-la factis_fw-la lacaedemo_fw-la lacaedemo_fw-la quin●_n courtesan_n lib._n 2_o 2_o virgil._n lib._n 1_o 1_o 1_o tit_n livi_fw-la lib._n 5_o deca_n 1_n 1_n pluto_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr fortuna_fw-la roman_a ●eo_fw-la imper._n cap_n 20_o 47_o