Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18109	A treatise of vse and custome	Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671.	1638 (1638)	STC 4753; ESTC S107685	65,850	196

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