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country_n	call_v	part_n	people_n	4,831	5	4.4290	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16166	The blame of kirk-buriall, tending to persvvade cemiteriall ciuilitie First preached, then penned, and now at last propyned to the Lords inheritance in the Presbyterie of Lanerk, by M. William Birnie the Lord his minister in that ilk, as a pledge of his zeale, and care of that reformation.	Birnie, William, 1563-1619.	1606 (1606)	STC 3089; ESTC S119257	35,605	46

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