Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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B03601
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A godly ballad of the just man Job. Wherein his great patience he doth declare, his plagues and miseries, and yet did not despair. The tune is, The merchant.
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1678-1681?
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Wing G933I; Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[76]
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