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cause_n husband_n wife_n woman_n 2,815 5 6.8317 4 true
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A54808 The Sad condition of a distracted kingdome, expressed, in a fable of Philo the Jew Philo, of Alexandria.; Rivers, J. A. (John Abbot) 1645 (1645) Wing P2130; ESTC R40672 16,919 35

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