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A06716 The arte of warre, written first in Italia[n] by Nicholas Machiauell, and set forthe in Englishe by Peter Whitehorne, studient at Graies Inne: with an addicio[n] of other like marcialle feates and experimentes, and in a table in the ende of the booke maie appere; Arte della guerra. English Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.; Whitehorne, Peter. 1562 (1562) STC 17164; ESTC S111854 219,376 350

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