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cause_n great_a matter_n see_v 3,060 5 3.1155 3 true
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A18741 The honor of the lawe. VVritten by Thomas Churchyard Gent Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604. 1596 (1596) STC 5238; ESTC S105017 2,717 10

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