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friend_n affection_n love_n love_v 2,519 5 6.3625 4 true
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A00662 Monophylo, Drawne into English by Geffray Fenton. A philosophicall discourse, and diuision of loue; Monophile. English Pasquier, Etienne, 1529-1615.; Fenton, Geoffrey, Sir, 1539?-1608. 1572 (1572) STC 10797; ESTC S121952 125,100 188

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