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friend_n bring_v good_a heart_n 806 5 4.5001 3 false
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A47607 Sion in distress, or, The groans of the Protestant Chruch [sic] Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704. 1681 (1681) Wing K87; ESTC R27452 55,221 137

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