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cause_n follow_v good_a work_n 2,965 5 6.2248 4 true
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B04342 News from Parnassus, in the abstracts and contents of three crown'd chronicles, relating to the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. In a poem, divided into two parts : first, to the king, secondly, to the subjects of the said three kingdoms. Dedicated to His Majesty. / By a servant to Mars, and a lover of the muses, William Mercer. Mercer, William, 1605?-1675? 1682 (1682) Wing M1740; ESTC R180533 40,838 104

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