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death_n body_n nature_n soul_n 10,684 5 5.3166 4 true
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A12690 A pageant of Spanish humours Wherin are naturally described and liuely portrayed, the kinds and quallities of a signior of Spaine. Translated out of Dutche, By H. w. H. W. 1599 (1599) STC 23010; ESTC S101710 8,547 14

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