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cause_n child_n good_a parent_n 1,888 5 8.6795 4 false
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A15695 A childes patrimony laid out upon the good culture or tilling over his whole man. The first part, respecting a childe in his first and second age. Woodward, Ezekias, 1590-1675. 1640 (1640) STC 25971; ESTC S120251 379,238 456

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