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friend_n affection_n good_a love_n 1,136 5 5.0445 4 true
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A16786 A poste with a packet of madde letters. The second part Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1606 (1606) STC 3691.3; ESTC S237 40,782 62

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