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friend_n believe_v good_a see_v 888 5 2.8642 3 true
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B02458 The crafty maid: or, The young man put to his trumps. He did begin to wooe this maid but she not believed one word he said; she put him off then, with a jear, and sent him away with a flea in's ear. To the tune of The despairing maid: or, Fye love, fye. 1670-1696? (1696) Wing C6776; Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[54]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[96] 1,708 1

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