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A19255 The character of vvarre, or The image of martiall discipline contayning many vsefull directions for musters & armes, and the very first principles in discipline, the ground postures, all the military motions now vsed ... By Edvvard Cooke. Cooke, Edward, fl. 1626-1631. 1626 (1626) STC 5668; ESTC S108654 60,094 84

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