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cause_n great_a place_n see_v 2,893 5 3.1798 3 true
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A77278 An English-mans fundamentall appeale. Or, The third humble petiton and addresse of Captain William Bray Bray, William, 17th cent. 1659 (1659) Wing B4301A; ESTC R231103 3,628 4

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