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cause_n bring_v great_a king_n 3,018 5 3.5536 3 true
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A62734 Notitia monastica, or, A short history of the religious houses in England and Wales by Thomas Tanner ... Tanner, Thomas, 1674-1735. 1695 (1695) Wing T144; ESTC R668 166,591 415

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