Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A12956
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Satyrical essayes characters and others. Or Accurate and quick descriptions, fitted to the life of their subiects. Iohn Stephens
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Stephens, John, fl. 1613-1615.
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STC 23249; ESTC S117828
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