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enemy_n foot_n horse_n squadron_n 1,059 5 11.6685 5 false
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A58881 Ibrahim, or, The illustrious bassa an excellent new romance, the whole work in four parts / written in French by Monsieur de Scudery and now Englished by Henry Cogan, Gent.; Ibrahim. English Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701.; Cogan, Henry. 1652 (1652) Wing S2160; ESTC R20682 785,926 477

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