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friend_n call_v lord_n time_n 1,338 5 3.2964 3 true
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A32825 To the right honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled the great grievances and oppressions of James Child, late of the parish of Amersham in the county of Bucks, occasioned by the proceedings in the late times. 1689 (1689) Wing C3848; ESTC R37676 997 1

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