Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A66899
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Moses and Aaron, the king and the priest by the author of the examination of Tilenus before the triers, in the time of the late rebellion.
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Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.
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1675
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Wing W3346; ESTC R20340
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