Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	great_a	learned_a	write_v	2,379	5	5.3631	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12577	A briefe and learned treatise, conteining a true description of the Antichrist, who was foretold by the prophets and apostles And an evident proofe that the same agreeth vnto the Pope. Written in Latin by M. George Sohn Doctor of Diuinitie, and publike professor thereof at Heidelberg, and translated into english.	Sohn, Georg, 1152?-1589.; N. G., fl. 1592.; Grimald, Nicholas, 1519-1562, attributed name.	1592 (1592)	STC 22891; ESTC S114124	33,734	90

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