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cause_n king_n law_n people_n 4,588 5 5.1230 4 true
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A51612 Murder will out being a relation of the late Earl of Essex's ghost appearing to my Lord Chancellor in the Tower. 1683 (1683) Wing M3091; ESTC R2014 1,896 1

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