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cause_n king_n know_v lord_n 3,158 5 3.8756 3 true
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A18982 An ansvver and true discourse to a certain letter lately sent by the Duke of Alba (in maner of a pardon) to those of Amsterdam to be by them conueyed and distributed vnto the other townes in Hollande. Set forth by certayn true louers of their natiue country, namely desirous to liue vnder the due obeysance of the King of Spayne, according to the old customes and priuileges of their said countrie: faithefully translated out of the Dutch into English, by T.W. Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque de, 1507-1582.; T. W., fl. 1573-1595. 1573 (1573) STC 540; ESTC S119168 18,121 50

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