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cause_n body_n know_v see_v 1,629 5 3.2042 3 false
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A19558 Amanda: or, The reformed whore. Composed, and made by Thomas Cranley gent. now a prisoner in the Kings-bench, Anno Dom. 1635 Cranley, Thomas, fl. 1635. 1635 (1635) STC 5988; ESTC S118905 47,524 98

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