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A00363 A booke called in latyn Enchiridion militis christiani, and in englysshe the manuell of the christen knyght replenysshed with moste holsome preceptes, made by the famous clerke Erasmus of Roterdame, to the whiche is added a newe and meruaylous profytable preface.; Enchiridion militis Christiani. English Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536. 1533 (1533) STC 10479; ESTC S105494 175,025 343

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