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cause_n blood_n death_n life_n 1,450 5 4.3647 3 false
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A67906 Bentivolio and Urania in four bookes / by N.I. D.D. Ingelo, Nathaniel, 1621?-1683. 1660 (1660) Wing I175; ESTC R16505 565,427 738

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