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death_n law_n life_n sin_n 30,658 5 5.5906 4 true
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A13486 The praise and vertue of a iayle, and iaylers With the most excellent mysterie, and necessary vse of all sorts of hanging. Also a touch at Tyburne for a period, and the authors free leaue to let them be hanged, who are offended at the booke without cause. By Iohn Taylor. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. 1623 (1623) STC 23785; ESTC S118256 15,979 38

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