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friend_n adversity_n bear_v brother_n 812 5 7.0506 4 false
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A37032 Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon by James Durham ... Durham, James, 1622-1658. 1668 (1668) Wing D2802; ESTC R17930 380,359 486

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