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A76468 A brief treatise of education, with a particular respect to the children of great personages. : For the use of His Royal Highness, the Prince. / By John Bettam, D.F.S. and tutor to His Highness. Betham, John, d. 1709. 1693 (1693) Wing B2059bA; ESTC R175281 10,010 29

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