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The six bookes of a commonweale (1606)

Bodin, Jean, 1530-1596, Knolles, Richard, 1550?-1610, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Impensis G. Bishop · leaf 609

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rie, fo long as they haue no hope inflight, or of any retreat to fanethemfelues. Thefctwo things then are contraries haue warlike citifens, and fortifiedcities: for valiant and warlike men haue no need ofcaftles, and thofe which dwell inftrong places defire no warrc. So we fee the Tartarians in… … OpACommonweale. 5?7 A Pre/!e-l4»,which is the grcateftlord in all Affrike,hauing (as they (ay) fiftie kings vn- Fnncis- watrttdcr him that doe him homage, hath no forts nor caftles,but his tents, but that fort on- AYthi0p°rie °fly which is built vpon the top of the mountains Anga, whereas all the…

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