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cause_n authority_n people_n power_n 1,463 5 4.9193 4 false
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A01145 A caueat for France, vpon the present euils that it now suffereth Together with the remedies necessarie for the same. Translated out of French into English by E. Aggas. Aggas, Edward. 1588 (1588) STC 11259; ESTC S122364 21,115 30

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