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A40443 Select essays tending to the universal reformation of learning concluded with The art of war, or, A summary of the martial precepts necessary for an officer / by William Freke, Esq. Freke, William, 1662-1744. 1693 (1693) Wing F2165; ESTC R483 109,423 300

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