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cause_n good_a suffer_v suffering_n 2,047 5 9.4271 5 true
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A61966 The Suffering case of the people commonly called Quakers, relating to oathes and swearing, humbly offered. 1683 (1683) Wing S6156; ESTC R9624 804 1

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