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A15807 Cyrupædia The institution and life of Cyrus, the first of that name, King of Persians. Eight bookes. Treating of noble education, of princely exercises, military discipline, vvarlike stratagems, preparations and expeditions: as appeareth by the contents before the beginning of the first booke. Written in Greeke by the sage Xenophon. Translated out of Greeke into English, and conferred with the Latine and French translations, by Philemon Holland of the city of Coventry Doctor in Physick. Dedicated to his most excellent Maiesty.; Cyropaedia. English Xenophon.; Holland, Abraham, d. 1626. Naumachia. aut; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1632 (1632) STC 26068; ESTC S118709 282,638 236

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