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cause_n good_a justice_n law_n 2,366 5 4.6314 4 true
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B04552 A new ballad, to the tune of, Good people give ear, while a story I tell, of twenty black tradesmen were brought up in Hell, &c. or, Packington's Pound. 1680-1685? (1685) Wing N576; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[318]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[13] 1,097 1

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