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friend_n brother_n good_a know_v 930 5 3.4529 3 true
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A07979 The vnfortunate mother a tragedie. Never acted; but set downe according to the intention of the author Thomas Nabbes. Nabbes, Thomas, 1605?-1645? 1640 (1640) STC 18346; ESTC S113067 29,519 74

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