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book_n	old_a	testament_n	word_n	5,024	5	4.1361	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72017	A booke of certaine canons, concernyng some parte of the discipline of the Churche of England In the yeare of our Lord. 1571.; Constitutions and canons. 1571	Church of England.	1571 (1571)	STC 10064; ESTC S125375	11,018	27

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