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A07432 Theorique and practise of warre. Written to Don Philip Prince of Castil, by Don Bernardino de Mendoza. Translated out of the Castilian tonge into Englishe, by Sr. Edwarde Hoby Knight. Directed to Sr. George Carew Knight; Theorica y practica de guerra. English Mendoza, Bernardino de, 1540 or 41-1604.; Hoby, Edward, Sir, 1560-1617. 1597 (1597) STC 17819; ESTC S112647 128,593 180

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