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B03797 A militarie rudiment, or Observations of the form of militarie exercise, according to His Excellens Guard in Holland. With the ranges and number of officers in an armie, from the lowest to the highest, and their dueties, in short. As also is added a little anent the composition of an armie. And finallie, some few principalls, in the art of fortification. / By George Innes. Innes, George, fl. 1644. 1644 (1644) Wing I192; ESTC R178673 15,508 41

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