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cause_n call_v good_a reason_n 1,534 5 4.5930 4 false
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A05170 A sermon preached on Munday, the sixt of February, at Westminster at the opening of the Parliament. By the Bishop of S: Dauids. Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1625 (1625) STC 15304; ESTC S108348 19,061 57

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