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A53478 A treatise of the art of war dedicated to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty / and written by the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery. Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679. 1677 (1677) Wing O499; ESTC R200 162,506 242

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