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friend_n affection_n good_a great_a 824 5 2.2463 3 false
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A16760 A merrie dialogue betvvixt the taker and mistaker Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1603 (1603) STC 3667; ESTC S104778 20,223 38

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