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And Musike he must nedes know: that he may haue vnderstanding, both of Regular and Mathematicall Musike: that he may temper well his Balistes, Catapultes, and Scorpions. &c.
The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara John Dee 1567
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Martin; Kanguroo Rat; Laced Lizard; Port Jackson Shark; Bag Throated Balistes;
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Arthur Phillip 1776
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