Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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An elegy on the death of William Lord Russel, who was beheaded for high-treason, in Lincoln-Inn-Fields, July the 21st. 1683.
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Wing E414; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[131]; ESTC R36113
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