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A10721 A souldiers vvishe to Britons welfare: or a discourse, fit to be read of all gentlemen and souldiers. Written by a Captaine of experience Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. 1604 (1604) STC 21000; ESTC S119811 57,363 84

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