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A72221 The grammar warre. Or The eight parts of speach, noune, pronoune. verbe, participle, aduerbe, coniunction, preposition, interiection, altogether by the eares Together with the lamentable burning of a petty schoole.; Bellum grammaticale. English Guarna, Andrea.; Spencer, John, d. 1680, attributed name.; Hayward, William, fl. 1570-1576.; I. S. 1635 (1635) STC 12421; ESTC S122613 26,974 73

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