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Here begynneth a shorte monycyon, or counsayle of the cure & gouernaunce of a housholde accordynge vnto policy / taken out of a pystle of a great learned man called Bernarde syluestre.
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Bernard Silvestris, fl. 1136.; Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
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STC 1967.5; ESTC S3799
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