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duty_n good_a husband_n wife_n 5,477 5 7.5435 4 true
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B06699 The wonderful praise of a good husband or, The kind and careful mothers counsel to her daughter. Bad husbands they, oft run astray, as being most unkind: but good we see, will always be of a far better mind. To the tune of, My life and my death; or, The poor man's counsellor. 1685-1688? (1688) Wing W3372; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[532] 1,105 1

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