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cause_n concern_v zeal_n zealous_a 35 3 9.0896 4 false
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A91834 Albania or, Certaine concernments of Great Britanny. With an explication of the present state thereof; truely represented under the faigned person of Albania. / By George Raleigh. Raleigh, George, b. 1600? 1641 (1641) Wing R150; Thomason E179_16; ESTC R7782 47,700 65

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