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death_n day_n life_n night_n 6,421 5 6.6718 4 false
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A10718 A right exelent and pleasaunt dialogue, betwene Mercury and an English souldier contayning his supplication to Mars: bevvtified with sundry worthy histories, rare inuentions, and politike deuises. wrytten by B. Rich: gen. 1574. Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. 1574 (1574) STC 20998; ESTC S106077 75,348 199

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