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A13173 The practice, proceedings, and lawes of armes described out of the doings of most valiant and expert captaines, and confirmed both by ancient, and moderne examples, and præcedents, by Matthevv Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629. 1593 (1593) STC 23468; ESTC S117986 348,032 372

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