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A16657 The English gentleman containing sundry excellent rules or exquisite observations, tending to direction of every gentleman, of selecter ranke and qualitie; how to demeane or accommodate himselfe in the manage of publike or private affaires. By Richard Brathwait Esq. Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver. 1630 (1630) STC 3563; ESTC S104636 349,718 488

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