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friend_n answer_v see_v tell_v 760 5 4.3917 3 false
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A32779 The cheating solliciter cheated being a true and perfect relation of the life and death of Richard Farr : with an exact character of his wench, Mrs. Eleanor Chadwick : both executed at Tyburn, the 12th of April last past. 1665 (1665) Wing C3766; ESTC R35567 35,059 60

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