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friend_n bring_v great_a love_n 972 5 4.8998 4 true
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A41094 The Female warrior relating how a woman in mans attire got an ensigns place, and so continued till the necessity of making use of a midwife discover'd her ... : tune of I am a jovial batchelor. 1681 (1681) Wing F671; ESTC R41385 1,236 2

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