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cause_n abhor_v able_a know_v 13 3 3.1804 3 false
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A78328 A true coppy of a bold and most peremptory letter, sent to the Honourable Earle of Salisbury, / by A. B. C. &c. To mittigate his prosecuting of recusants. A. B. C.; Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612. Answere to certaine scandalous papers, scattered abroad under colour of a Catholicke admonition. 1641 (1641) Wing C13; Thomason E172_12; ESTC R14669 1,427 7

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