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hand_n double_v left_a rank_n 12,856 5 12.2059 5 true
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A39580 Warlike directions, or, The sovldiers practice set forth for the benefit of all such as are, or will be, scholars of martiall discipline, but especially for all such officers as are not yet setled or rightly grounded in the arte of warre, by a practitioner in the same art, T.F. Fisher, Thomas, 17th cent. 1642 (1642) Wing F1060; ESTC R9303 25,378 78

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