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friend_n call_v day_n night_n 804 5 6.3859 4 false
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A95671 A Testimony from the people of God call'd Quakers, against false reports at our monthly meeting in York, the sixth day of the second month call'd Aprill, 1694. 1694 (1694) Wing T814; ESTC R42589 1,098 1

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