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city_n country_n great_a year_n 3,927 4 4.4120 3 false
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B06569 The nevv made gentlevvoman or, The dishonest lady. Writen as true as she did relate how money made her every rascal's mate likewise she says she's gather'd riches store. By only playing of the private whore. And now in the country she's gone, and left me bebind [sic] to sing this song. To a new tune, or, The flatteries of fate. L. W. 1674-1679? (1679) Wing W1795A; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[380] 1,346 1

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