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cause_n	authority_n	king_n	time_n	1,485	5	3.4894	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19153	A sermon preached at Paules-Crosse, vpon the 1. of Nouember, being All-Saints Day, anno 1607. By Sa: Collins, Batchelour in Diuinitie, and fellow of the Kings Colledge in Cambridge	Collins, Samuel, 1576-1651.	1607 (1607)	STC 5564; ESTC S108507	41,043	100

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