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A48253 The military duties of the officers of cavalry containing the way of exercising the horse according to the practice of this present time : the motions of horse, the function of the several officers, from the chief captain to the brigadeer / written originally in French by the Sieur de la Fontaine, ingineer in ordinary to the most Christain king and translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war as it is practised in France, by A.L. La Fontaine, sieur de.; Lovell, Archibald. 1678 (1678) Wing L178; ESTC R32445 50,400 157

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