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duty_n allegiance_n king_n lord_n 1,610 5 4.1823 3 true
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A26178 Reflections upon a treasonable opinion, industriously promoted, against signing the National association and the entring into it prov'd to be the duty of all subjects of this kingdom. Atwood, William, d. 1705? 1696 (1696) Wing A4179; ESTC R16726 61,345 70

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