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cause_n body_n see_v soul_n 2,772 5 5.0753 4 true
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A02726 An exhortacion to the Scottes to conforme them selfes to the honorable, expedie[n]t, and godly vnion, betwene the twoo realmes of Englande and Scotlande. Harrison, James, fl. 1547. 1547 (1547) STC 12857; ESTC S103818 29,237 128

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