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cause_n body_n life_n soul_n 5,160 5 5.5664 4 true
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A52959 A new poem on the dreadful death of the Earl of Essex, who cut his own throat in the Tower by the Embroyan-fancy of anti-Jack Presbyter. Embroyan-fancy of anti-Jack Presbyter. 1683 (1683) Wing N713; ESTC R41054 1,149 1

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