Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A07979
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The vnfortunate mother a tragedie. Never acted; but set downe according to the intention of the author Thomas Nabbes.
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Nabbes, Thomas, 1605?-1645?
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1640
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STC 18346; ESTC S113067
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