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ARDIDES Y ESTRATAGEMAS DE GUERRA 133 When finish the exhibition of the ten chapters, the anonymous author includes a few recommendations that aim at those who have an army in charge, such as seek greater harmony among the members, try to first reduce the enemy without resorting to open combat or not to take recommendations are added the fight in case of unjust war. Finally, the manuscript includes as addenda -f.54v and 55r, written italicized smaller- the speech that Pedro de Álava drafted in French for his master Prince Don Juan of Austria that he pronounced in the Assembly of Lords and High Dignitaries of the Netherlands, when he was appointed governor of the territories by his brother Philip II. Once expose the contents of the manuscript of the Royal Library in Madrid, I have proceeded to compare the content with others, printed and handwritten, in order to review possible similarities and discrepancies contemporary sources of that nature. And the result has been highly satisfactory. KEY WORDS: Military strategy, Sixteenth Century. War-Strategy, Sixteenth Century. Military tactics, Sixteenth Century. Military history, Sixteenth Century. Military science, Sixteenth Century. * * * * * Revista de Historia Militar, 122 (2017), pp. 133-154. ISSN: 0482-5748


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